New Early Miocene hominoid postcranial remains from Napak, Uganda.;Nouveaux restes postcraniens d'Hominoidea du Miocene inferieur de Napak, Ouganda

Annales de Paleontologie

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 287-306

  Bishop, W W ^c   Gommery, Dominique ^a   Senut, Brigitte ^a   Pickford, Martin ^a,b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

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

^c NONE

Author keywords

Early miocene; Femur; Hominoidea; Humerus; Napak; Proconsul major; Tibia; Uganda

Indexed keywords

BONE; MIOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY;

NAPAK; UGANDA;

HOMINOIDEA; PROCONSUL MAJOR;

EID: 0032129136     PISSN: 07533969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0753-3969(99)80004-4     Document Type: Article

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