A partial skeleton of Proteopithecus sylviae (Primates, Anthropoidea): First associated dental and postcranial remains of an Eocene anthropoidean

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 329, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 921-927

  Simons, Elwyn L ^a   Seiffert, Erik R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropoidean; Eocene; Fayum; Locomotion; Primate evolution; Proteopithecus

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION;

EGYPT; FAYUM DEPRESSION;

ANTHROPOIDEA; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES; PROTEOPITHECUS; PROTEOPITHECUS SYLVIAE;

EID: 0033620101     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(00)88506-7     Document Type: Article

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