Skull of Early Eocene Cantius abditus (Primates: Adapiformes) and its phylogenetic implications, with a reevaluation of 'Hesperolemur' actius

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 523-539

  Rose, K D ^a   MacPhee, R D E ^b   Alexander, J P ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory region; Basicranium; Dentition; Notharctidae

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DENTITION; FOSSIL; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN; SKULL;

ANIMALS; MALE; MANDIBLE; PALEODONTOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIMATES; SKULL; WYOMING;

EID: 0032789484     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199908)109:4<523::AID-AJPA8>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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