Protoanthropoidea (primates, simiiformes): A new primate higher taxon and a solution to the Rooneyia problem

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-146

  Rosenberger, Alfred L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropoid origins; Omomyids; Phylogeny; Primate classification; Protoanthropoidea; Rooneyia; Rooneyidae

Indexed keywords

OMOMYIDAE; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 33746289834     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10914-006-9009-3     Document Type: Article

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