The deciduous lower dentition of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Primates, Hominoidea) from the late Miocene deposits of Macedonia, Greece

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 699-718

  Koufos, George D ^a   de Bonis, Louis ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Greece; Hominoids; Late Miocene; Lower milk dentition; Macedonia; Ouranopithecus; Primates

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL; MIOCENE; PRIMATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MACEDONIA [GREECE]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ARDIPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS; GRIPHOPITHECUS; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; OURANOPITHECUS MACEDONIENSIS; PARANTHROPUS; PONGO; PRIMATES; PROCONSUL; VALLESIA;

EID: 3042794208     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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