High-resolution computed tomography study of the cranium of a fossil anthropoid primate, Parapithecus grangeri: New insights into the evolutionary history of primate sensory systems

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 281, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1083-1087

  Bush, Eliot C ^a,c   Simons, Elwyn L ^b   Allman, John M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acuity; Endocranial volume; Olfactory bulbs; Optic foramen

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOIDEA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OPTIC CANAL; PARAPITHECUS GRANGERI; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SKULL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HAPLORHINI; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OPTIC NERVE; PALEONTOLOGY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SKULL; SMELL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

ANTHROPOIDEA; PRIMATES;

EID: 7644230650     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20113     Document Type: Conference Paper

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