Comparative dental development and microstructure of Proconsul teeth from Rusinga Island, Kenya

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-209

  Beynon, A D ^d   Dean, M C ^a   Leakey, M G ^b   Reid, D J ^d   Walker, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; MIOCENE; TOOTH;

KENYA; RUSINGA ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; PONGO; PRIMATES; PROCONSUL; PROCONSUL HESELONI; PROCONSUL NYANZAE;

EID: 0032144610     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0230     Document Type: Article

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