Dietary reconstruction of the Amphipithecidae (Primates, Anthropoidea) from the Paleogene of South Asia and paleoecological implications

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-108

  Ramdarshan, Anusha ^a   Merceron, Gildas ^b   Tafforeau, Paul ^c   Marivaux, Laurent ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropoidea; Diet; Paleoecology; Paleogene; South Asia

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; DIET; FRUGIVORY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGENE; PRIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEED PREDATION;

SOUTH ASIA;

AMPHIPITHECUS; BAHINIA; HEXAPODA; MYANMARPITHECUS; PONDAUNGIA; PONDAUNGIDAE; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 77954218295     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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