Molar enamel thickness and dentine horn height in Gigantopithecus blacki

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-91

  Olejniczak, A J ^a   Smith, T M ^a   Wang, W ^b,c   Potts, R ^d   Ciochon, R ^e   Kullmer, O ^f   Schrenk, F ^g   Hublin, J J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c Natural History Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region   (China)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e E11 SSH   (United States)

^f SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^g GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asian fossil apes; Dentine horn height; Hominoid evolution; Micro computed tomography; Ponginae; Relative enamel thickness

Indexed keywords

APE; ARTICLE; DENTIN; ENAMEL; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GIGANTOPITHECUS BLACKI; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MASTICATION; MICROTOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; TOOTH OCCLUSION; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROTOMY; MOLAR;

EID: 37349018720     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20711     Document Type: Article

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