Siamopithecus eocaenus, a late Eocene anthropoid primate from Thailand: Its contribution to the evolution of anthropoids in Southeast Asia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 613-635

  Ducrocq, Stéphane ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropoid primate; Asia; Burma; Late Eocene; Phylogeny; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE;

THAILAND;

AEGYPTOPITHECUS; ANIMALIA; ANTHROPOIDEA; HAPLORHINI; HOMINIDAE; PONDAUNGIA; PRIMATES; SIAMOPITHECUS; SIAMOPITHECUS EOCAENUS;

EID: 0033150149     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0291     Document Type: Article

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