The Mio-Pliocene European primate fossil record: Dynamics and habitat tracking

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 323-341

  Eronen, Justin T ^a   Rook, Lorenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cercopithecoidea; Community structure; Europe; Fossil primates; Habitat tracking; Herbivore humidity proxy; Hypsodonty; Late Neogene

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; HABITAT; NEOGENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRIMATE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

CERCOPITHECOIDEA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 7544240535     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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