Preliminary description of the Equatorius africanus partial skeleton (KNM-TH 28860) from Kipsaramon, Tugen Hills, Baringo District, Kenya

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 63-73

  Sherwood, Richard J ^a   Ward, Steve ^b   Hill, Andrew ^c   Duren, Dana L ^b   Brown, Barbara ^b   Downs, Will ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equatorius africanus; Hominoid; Kenya; Kipsaramon; Middle Miocene; Muruyur

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETAL REMAINS;

KENYA; KENYA RIFT VALLEY; TUNGEN HILLS;

AFROPITHECUS; EQUATORIUS; EQUATORIUS AFRICANUS; HOMINOIDEA; PROCONSUL; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; FOSSIL; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; KENYA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETON; THORAX; WRIST;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BONE AND BONES; FOSSILS; HINDLIMB; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; KENYA; PHYLOGENY; SKELETON; THORAX; WRIST;

EID: 0036008026     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2001.0502     Document Type: Article

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