Partial Cranium of Cercopithecoides kimeui Leakey, 1982 From Rawi Gully, Southwestern Kenya

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 191-199

  Frost, Stephen R ^a   Plummer, Thomas ^b   Bishop, Laura C ^c   Ditchfield, Peter ^d   Ferraro, Joseph ^e   Hicks, Jason ^f  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercopithecidae; Colobinae; Fossil; Homa Peninsula; Pliocene; Rawi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; DENTITION; FACE; FACIAL BONE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; KENYA; MALE; MANDIBLE; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SKULL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS; CRANIOLOGY; DENTITION; FACIAL BONES; FOSSILS; KENYA; MALE; MANDIBLE; SKULL;

EID: 0142245580     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10279     Document Type: Article

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