Geographical and body size distributions of the Pondaung primates with a comment on the taxonomic assignment of NMMP 20, postcranium of an amphipithecid

Anthropological Science

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-74

  Egi, Naoko ^a   Tun, Soe Thura ^b   Takai, Masanaru ^a   Shigehara, Nobuo ^a   Tsubamoto, Takehisa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YANGON   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Abundance; Body size range; Pondaung primates; Taxonomic assignment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CALCANEUS; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMERUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; SKULL; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC RANK; ULNA; VERTEBRA;

EID: 3042706943     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.00076     Document Type: Article

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