The paleoenvironment of Sivapithecus parvada

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-274

  Scott, Robert S ^a   Kappelman, John ^a   Kelley, Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovids; Hominoid evolution; Kenyapithecus; Miocene; Nagri formation; Paleoecology; Sivapithecus

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

PAKISTAN; SIWALIK;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDAE; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; KENYAPITHECUS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SIVAPITHECUS; TRAGULIDAE;

EID: 0033103515     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1998.0269     Document Type: Article

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