Cercopithecidae from the Pliocene Chiwondo beds, Malawi-rift

Geobios

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 743-749

  Frost, Stephen R ^a   Kullmer, Ottmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chiwondo Beds; Malawi; Parapapio; Pliocene; Theropithecus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FOSSIL; PLIOCENE; PRIMATE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; PARAPAPIO; PRIMATES; THEROPITHECUS; ZANCLEA;

EID: 57049142598     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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