Calcaneal features of the Greek Miocene primate Mesopithecus pentelicus (Cercopithecoidea: Colobinae);Caractères calcanéens du primate du Miocène de Grèce Mesopithecus pentelicus (Cercopithecoidea : Colobinae)

Geobios

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-239

  Youlatos, Dionisios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; Colobinae; Functional anatomy; Greece; Mesopithecus pentelicus; Miocene

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE;

GREECE; PIKERMI;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECOIDEA; COLOBINAE; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MESOPITHECUS PENTELICUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0038036562     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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