A comparative study of adult facial morphology and its ontogeny in the fossil macaque Macaca majori from Capo Figari, Sardinia, Italy

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 151-171

  Rook, Lorenzo ^a   O'Higgins, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial form; Geometric morphometrics; Macaca fascicularis; Macaca majori; Macaca mulatta; Macaca sylvanus; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MACACA SYLVANUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACIAL BONE; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; ITALY; MACACA; MORPHOMETRICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FACIAL BONES; FOSSILS; ITALY; MACACA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 20944444887     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084378     Document Type: Article

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