Hindlimb adaptations in Ourayia and Chipetaia, relatively large-bodied omomyine primates from the middle Eocene of Utah

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-310

  Dunn, Rachel H ^a   Sybalsky, Julia M ^a   Conroy, Glenn C ^a,b   Rasmussen, D Tab ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional morphology; Omomyidae; Primate evolution; Tarsiiformes; Uinta Formation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BONE STRUCTURE; CHIPETAIA; CHIPETAIA LAMPOREA; DIETARY INTAKE; EOCENE; FEMUR; FOOT; FOSSIL; HERBIVORY; HINDLIMB; METATARSAL BONE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OMOMYINE PRIMATE; OURAYIA; OURAYIA UINTENSIS; PRIMATE; TALUS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; FOOT; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FOSSILS; HINDLIMB; METATARSAL BONES; PRIMATES; TARSAL BONES; TARSUS, ANIMAL; TIBIA; UTAH;

EID: 33750041932     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20407     Document Type: Article

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