Khoratpithecus piriyai, a Late Miocene hominoid of Thailand

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 311-323

  Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^a   Yamee, Chotima ^a   Tian, Pannipa ^a   Khaowiset, Kitti ^a   Marandat, Bernard ^b   Tafforeau, Paul ^c   Nemoz, Christian ^c   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a Bureau of Geological Survey   (Thailand)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Ape; Lufengpithecus; Primates; Sivapithecus; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ANKARAPITHECUS; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTITION; FOSSIL; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HOMINID; JAW; KHORAPITHECUS PIRIYAI; MANDIBLE; MIOCENE; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SAND; SIVAPITHECUS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DENTITION, PERMANENT; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MANDIBLE; THAILAND; TOOTH;

EID: 33750053848     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20437     Document Type: Article

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