Femoral anatomy of Aegyptopithecus zeuxis, an early oligocene anthropoid

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 413-424

  Ankel Simons, Friderun ^a   Fleagle, John G ^b   Chatrath, Prithijit S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catopithecus; Egypt; Locomotion; Proconsulid

Indexed keywords

AEGYPTOPITHECUS ZEUXIS; ANTHROPOIDEA; FEMUR; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMUR; FOSSILS; HAPLORHINI; LOCOMOTION;

EID: 0031819156     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199808)106:4<413::AID-AJPA1>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Review

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