Fossil Cercopithecidae from the Hadar Formation and surrounding areas of the Afar Depression, Ethiopia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 687-748

  Frost, Stephen R ^a   Delson, Eric ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Division of Paleontology   (United States)

^c Graduate School   (United States)

Author keywords

Ahmado; Cercopithecidae; Cercopithecoides; Geraru; Hadar; Leadu; Paleontology; Parapapio; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Rhinocolobus; Theropithecus

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PRIMATE;

AFAR BASIN; ETHIOPIA;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECOIDES; CERCOPITHECOIDES KIMEUI; CERCOPITHECOIDES MEAVEAE; PARAPAPIO; PARAPAPIO JONESI; RHINOCOLOBUS; RHINOCOLOBUS TURKANAENSIS; THEROPITHECUS; THEROPITHECUS DARTI; THEROPITHECUS OSWALDI;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; ETHIOPIA; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MOLAR TOOTH; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CERCOPITHECIDAE; ETHIOPIA; FOSSILS; LOCOMOTION; MOLAR; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0036835165     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2002.0603     Document Type: Article

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