Interpretation of Samburupithecus, an Upper Miocene Hominoid from Kenya;Interprétation du Samburupithecus, un hominoïde du Miocène supérieur du Kenya

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 326, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 299-306

  Pickford, Martin ^a,b   Ishida, Hidemi ^c  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

African Ape human clade; Kenya; Late Miocene; Phylogeny; Samburupithecus

Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; PROCONSUL;

HOMINOID; SAMBURUPITHECUS;

EID: 0031817410     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(97)86821-8     Document Type: Article

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