Origin of Anthropoidea: Dental evidence and recognition of early anthropoids in the fossil record, with comments on the Asian anthropoid radiation

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 177-191

  Gunnell, Gregg F ^a,b   Miller, Ellen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eocene primates; Parapithecidae; Propliopithecidae; Tarsiiformes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANINE TOOTH; DENTITION; FOSSIL; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PRIMATE; TOOTH;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA; DENTITION; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HAPLORHINI; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PALEODONTOLOGY; PRIMATES;

EID: 0035090118     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8644(200103)114:3<177::AID-AJPA1019>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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