Dolichopithecus balcanicus sp. nov., a new Colobinae (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the early Pliocene of southeastern Europe, with a discussion on the taxonomy of the genus

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 434-442

  Spassov, Nikolai ^a   Geraads, Denis ^b  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Cercopithecidae; Dolichopithecus balcanicus sp. nov.; Europe; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PLIOCENE; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; BALKAN; BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKMENISTAN; WEST ASIA;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; COLOBINAE; PRIMATES; ZANCLEA;

EID: 33947383372     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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