Morphometric analysis of lumbar vertebrae in extinct malagasy strepsirrhines

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 823-839

  Shapiro, Liza J ^a   Seiffert, Cornelia V M ^b   Godfrey, Laurie R ^c   Jungers, William L ^d   Simons, Elywn L ^e   Randria, Gisèle F N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Shodor Education Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Functional morphology; Locomotion; Madagascar; Subfossil lemurs; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARCHAEOLEMUR; ARTICLE; BABAKOTIA; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MADAGASCAR; MEGALADAPIS; MESOPROPITHECUS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PALAEOPROPITHECUS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSIMIAN; SPINE STABILIZATION; VERTEBRA BODY;

ANIMALS; FOSSILS; HAPLORHINI; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MADAGASCAR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 28544445543     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20122     Document Type: Article

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