A reappraisal of the locomotion and habitat preference of Theropithecus oswaldi

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 252-280

  Elton, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cercopithecoid; Ecomorphology; Habitat; Hominin evolution; Locomotion; Plio Pleistocene; Theropithecus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMUR; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HUMERUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THEROPITHECUS; ULNA;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMUR; FOSSILS; HUMERUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; THEROPITHECUS; ULNA;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECOIDEA; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES; THEROPITHECUS; THEROPITHECUS GELADA;

EID: 0036942370     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067457     Document Type: Review

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