Pliocene femur of Theropithecus from the Luangwa Valley, Zambia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 133-139

  Elton, Sarah ^a   Barham, Lawrence ^b   Andrews, Peter ^c   Sambrook Smith, Gregory H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cercopithecoid; Femur; Hominin; Plio Pleistocene; Zambia

Indexed keywords

BONE; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PRESERVATION;

LUANGWA VALLEY; ZAMBIA;

CERCOPITHECOIDEA; THEROPITHECUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMUR; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; THEROPITHECUS; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; FEMUR; FOSSILS; PALEONTOLOGY; THEROPITHECUS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0037228820     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2484(02)00198-7     Document Type: Article

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