The face of Siamopithecus: New geometric-morphometric evidence for its anthropoid status

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1734-1744

  Zollikofer, Christoph P E ^a   Ponce De Leó N, Marcia S ^a   Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^b   Lebrun, Renaud ^a   Tafforeau, Paul ^c   Khansubhaand, Sasidhorn ^b   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Bureau of Paleontology and Museum Bangkok   (Thailand)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Amphipithecidae; Geometric morphometrics; Primate evolution; Synchrotron tomography; Virtual reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLAR BONE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FOSSIL; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIAMOPITHECUS; SYNCHROTRON; TAXONOMY; TOMOGRAPHY; ZYGOMA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CEPHALOMETRY; EVOLUTION; FACIAL BONES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HAPLORHINI; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JAW; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; TOOTH;

ADAPIFORMES; PONDAUNGIDAE; PRIMATES; SIAMOPITHECUS; SIAMOPITHECUS EOCAENUS; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 70449650443     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20998     Document Type: Article

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