Middle Pleistocene fossil Cercopithecidae from Asbole, Afar Region, Ethiopia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-259

  Frost, Stephen R ^a   Alemseged, Zeresenay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorocebus; Colobus; Papio; Theropithecus

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PLEISTOCENE; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECINI; CERCOPITHECUS; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; COLOBUS SP.; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIONINI; PRIMATES; THEROPITHECUS; THEROPITHECUS OSWALDI;

EID: 34548252468     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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