The terminal thumb phalanx of Orrorin tugenensis (Upper Miocene of Kenya);La phalange distale du pouce d'Orrorin tugenensis (Miocène supérieur du Kenya)

Geobios

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 372-384

  Gommery, Dominique ^a,b   Senut, Brigitte ^c  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Hominid; Kapsomin; Kenya; Orrorin tugenensis; Thumb distal phalanx; Upper Miocene

Indexed keywords

BIPEDALISM; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; LOCOMOTION; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HOMINIDAE; ORRORIN TUGENENSIS;

EID: 33745146529     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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