Functional morphological similarities in the locomotor skeleton of miocene catarrhines and platyrrhine monkeys

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 66, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 7-14

  Rose, M D ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atelines; Cebines; Functional anatomy; Locomotion; Miocene hominoids; Pitheciines; Posture; Primitive catarrhines

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HAPLORHINI; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETON;

ANIMALS; HAPLORHINI; LOCOMOTION; SKELETON;

EID: 2742613566     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157180     Document Type: Article

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