Talar morphology, phylogenetic affinities, and locomotor adaptation of a large-bodied amphipithecid primate from the late middle Eocene of Myanmar

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 208-222

  Marivaux, Laurent ^a   Beard, K Christopher ^b   Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^c   Dagosto, Marian ^d   Gebo, Daniel L ^e   Guy, Franck ^f   Marandat, Bernard ^a   Khaing, Kyaw ^g   Kyaw, Aung Aung ^h   Oo, Myo ^g   Sein, Chit ⁱ   Soe, Aung Naing ^j   Swe, Myat ^h   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^c Bureau of Paleontology and Museum Bangkok   (Thailand)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^g Ministry of Culture   (Myanmar)

^h National Museum and Library ^*  (Myanmar)

ⁱ University of Hinthada   (Myanmar)

^j Dagon University   (Myanmar)

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Author keywords

Anthropoid; Functional anatomy; Phylogeny; Pondaung; South Asia

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPITHECID; BONE STRUCTURE; FOSSIL; LOCOMOTION; MYANMAR; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; REVIEW; SUBTALAR JOINT; TALUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HAPLORHINI; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MYANMAR; PHYLOGENY; TALUS;

EID: 77956713107     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21307     Document Type: Review

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