The quaternary Cuban platyrrhine Paralouatta varonai and the origin of Antillean monkeys

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-68

  Horovitz, Inés ^a   MacPhee, Ross D E ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antilles; Antillothrix; Cari bbean; New world monkeys; Paralouatta; Platyrrhines; Quaternary; Xenothrix

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; MAMMAL; QUATERNARY;

CUBA;

PARALOUATTA VARONAI; PLATYRRHINA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032922599     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0259     Document Type: Article

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