The bony labyrinth of Oreopithecus bambolii

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 349-356

  Rook, Lorenzo ^a   Bondioli, Luca ^b   Casali, Franco ^c   Rossi, Massimo ^c   Köhler, Meike ^d   Moyá Solá, Salvador ^d   Macchiarelli, Roberto ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Escola Industrial 23   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Bony labyrinth; Oreopithecus; CT scan

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL;

ANIMALIA; HAPLORHINI; OREOPITHECUS BAMBOLII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842532128     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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