Enamel thickness, microstructure and development in Afropithecus turkanensis

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-306

  Smith, Tanya M ^a   Martin, Lawrence B ^a   Leakey, Meave G ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Afropithecus turkanensis; Cross striation; Crown formation time; Daily secretion rate; Enamel microstructure; Enamel thickness; Intradian line; Lamination; Miocene hominoid; Retzius line

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; ENAMEL; LAMINATION; MAMMAL; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIOCENE; TOOTH;

KENYA;

AFROPITHECUS TURKANENSIS; ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; DRYOPITHECUS; DRYOPITHECUS LAIETANUS; GRAECOPITHECUS FREYBERGI; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; LUFENGPITHECUS LUFENGENSIS; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PROCONSUL; PROCONSUL NYANZAE;

EID: 0037363268     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2484(03)00006-X     Document Type: Article

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