New primate hind limb elements from the middle Eocene of China

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 999-1014

  Gebo, Daniel L ^a   Dagosto, Marian ^b   Christopher Beard, K ^c   Ni, Xijun ^d  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adapoides; Haplorhini; Primate postcranial elements; Shanghuang

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; EOCENE; FOSSIL; LIMB; MORPHOLOGY; PRIMATE; SIZE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EOSIMIIDAE; HAPLORHINI; LORIDAE; MYA; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 55949109343     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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