Fossil Old World monkeys (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the Pliocene of Dorkovo, Bulgaria

Geodiversitas

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 159-166

  Delson, Eric ^a,b   Thomas, Herbert ^c   Spassov, Nikoläi ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Colobinae; Dolichopithecus ruscinensis; Mammalia; Mesopithecus monspessulanus; Pliocene; Primates; Ruscinian

Indexed keywords

CERCOPITHECIDAE; COLOBINAE; GERVAIS; MACACA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; ZANCLEA;

EID: 17744376767     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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