The phylogenetic affinities of the Pondaung tali

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-234

  Dagosto, Marian ^a   Marivaux, Laurent ^b   Gebo, Daniel L ^c   Beard, K Christopher ^d   Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^e   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^f   Marandat, Bernard ^b   Soe, Aung Naing ^g   Kyaw, Aung Aung ^h  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^e Bureau of Paleontology and Museum Bangkok   (Thailand)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^g Dagon University   (Myanmar)

^h National Museum and Library ^*  (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Amphipithecidae; Anthropoid; Haplorhine; Strepsirhine; Talus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; FOSSIL; MYANMAR; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PONDAUNG TALI; PRIMATE; SKELETON;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOSSILS; HAPLORHINI; MYANMAR; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STREPSIRHINI; TALUS;

EID: 77956712788     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21308     Document Type: Article

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