Ancestral locomotor modes, placental mammals, and the origin of euprimates: Lessons from history

PRIMATE ORIGINS: Adaptations and Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 457-487

  Szalay, F S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33507-0_14     Document Type: Chapter

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