First partial face and upper dentition of the middle miocene hominoid Dryopithecus fontani from Abocador de Can Mata (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, NE Spain): Taxonomic and phylogenetic implications

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-145

  Moyà Solà, Salvador ^a   Köhler, Meike ^a   Alba, David M ^a,e   Casanovas Vilar, Isaac ^a   Galindo, Jordi ^a   Robles, Josep M ^b   Cabrera, Lluís ^c   Garcés, Miguel ^c,d   Almécija, Sergi ^a   Beamud, Elisabet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b PALAEOTHERIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dryopithecus; Europe; Fossil hominoids; Gorilla; Great apes; Hispanopithecus; Magnetostratigraphy; Middle Miocene; Pierolapithecus

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTITION; FACE PROFILE; FOSSIL HOMINOID; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GORILLA; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SPAIN; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CATARRHINI; FACE; FOSSILS; GEOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPAIN; TOOTH;

EID: 67049144965     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20891     Document Type: Review

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