Darwinius masillae is a Haplorhine - Reply to Williams et al. (2010)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 574-579

  Gingerich, Philip D ^a   Franzen, Jens L ^b,c   Habersetzer, Jörg ^b   Hurum, Jørn H ^d   Smith, B Holly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anthropoid origins; Eocene primates; Haplorhini; Primate phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE;

HAPLORHINI; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 77958187281     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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