Astragalar morphology of Afradapis, a large adapiform primate from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 383-402

  Boyer, Doug M ^a   Seiffert, Erik R ^b   Simons, Elwyn L ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adapoides; anthropoid origins; Darwinius; fibular facet; functional morphology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; EOCENE; FIBULA; FLEXOR TENDON; FOSSIL ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN; TALUS; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; EGYPT; FOSSILS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TALUS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78349274402     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21328     Document Type: Article

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