The secrets of lemur teeth

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 142-154

  Godfrey, Laurie R ^a   Schwartz, Gary T ^b   Samonds, Karen E ^c,d   Jungers, William L ^d   Catlett, Kierstin K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental microstructure; Life history; Subfossil lemurs

Indexed keywords

HADROPITHECUS; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PALAEOPROPITHECUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33748961113     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20102     Document Type: Article

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