Systematics of early and middle Miocene Old World monkeys

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-211

  Miller, E R ^a   Benefit, B R ^b   McCrossin, M L ^b   Plavcan, J M ^c   Leakey, M G ^d   El Barkooky, A N ^e   Hamdan, M A ^e   Abdel Gawad, M K ^e   Hassan, S M ^e   Simons, E L ^f  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^e CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilophodonty; Cercopithecoidea; Egypt; Kenya; Miocene; Old World monkeys

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EGYPT; KENYA; NORTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECOIDEA; PROHYLOBATES; PROHYLOBATES TANDYI; VICTORIAPITHECUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATARRHINI; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MANDIBLE; TOOTH; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ANIMALS; CATARRHINI; DENTAL OCCLUSION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; MALE; MANDIBLE; TOOTH;

EID: 69749117235     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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