Paranasal pneumatization of two Late Miocene colobines: Mesopithecus and Libypithecus (Cercopithecidae: Primates)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 768-771

  Rae, Todd C ^a   Röhrer Ertl, Olav ^b   Wallner, Claus Peter ^c   Koppe, Thomas ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIMATE; SKULL;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 34948872038     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[768:PPOTLM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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