Dental development in Megaladapis edwardsi (Primates, Lemuriformes): Implications for understanding life history variation in subfossil lemurs

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 702-721

  Schwartz, Gary T ^a   Mahoney, Patrick ^b   Godfrey, Laurie R ^c   Cuozzo, Frank P ^d   Jungers, William L ^e   Randria, Gisèle F N ^f  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Body size; Brain size; Dental development; Eruption schedules; Incremental lines; Life history; Madagascar

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; PRIMATE;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; LEMURIFORMES; MEGALADAPIS; MEGALADAPIS EDWARDSI; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 29244473124     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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