Restoration of the type and palate of Ankarapithecus meteai: Taxonomic and phylogenetic implications

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 279-314

  Begun, David R ^a   Güleç, Erksin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Dil ve Tarih Co rafya Fakültesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Late Miocene hominids; Paleobiogeography; Pongo; Sivapithecus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOSSIL; HOMINID; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; PALATE; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BONE AND BONES; CLASSIFICATION; FACE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; TURKEY;

EID: 2642617763     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199803)105:3<279::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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