A new skeleton of Theropithecus brumpti (Primates: Cercopithecidae) from Lomekwi, West Turkana, Kenya

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 887-923

  Jablonski, Nina G ^a   Leakey, Meave G ^a   Kiarie, Christopher ^a   Antón, Mauricio ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baboons; Cercopithecidae; Cercopithecinae; Locomotion; Opposability index; Papionina; Papionini; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; NEW RECORD;

KENYA; LOMEKWI;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECINAE; PAPIO; PAPIONINI; PRIMATES; SIGANUS; THEROPITHECUS; THEROPITHECUS BRUMPTI;

EID: 0036925286     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2002.0607     Document Type: Article

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