Estimating body mass in new world "monkeys" (platyrrhini, primates), with a consideration of the miocene platyrrhine, Chilecebus carrascoensis

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3617, 2008, Pages 1-29

  Sears, Karen E ^a   Finarelli, John A ^b   Flynn, John J ^c   Wyss, André R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 47649106527     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/627.1     Document Type: Article

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