The Italian fossil primate record: An update and perspectives for future research

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 67-77

  Rook, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fossil primate; Italy; Late miocene; Macaca; Mesopithecus; Oreopithecus; Plio pleistocene; Theropithecus

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY;

ITALY;

CERCOPITHECOIDEA; HOMINOIDEA; MACACA; OREOPITHECUS; PRIMATES; THEROPITHECUS;

EID: 77949723830     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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