Evidence for dietary niche separation based on infraorbital foramen size variation among subfossil lemurs

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 330-345

  Muchlinski, Magdalena N ^a,b   Godfrey, Laurie R ^c   Muldoon, Kathleen M ^d,e   Tongasoa, Lydia ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Dartmouth College   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Diet; Infraorbital foramen area; Madagascar; Paleoecology; Subfossil lemurs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; ECOLOGY; EVALUATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; MADAGASCAR; METHODOLOGY; ORBIT; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIET; ECOLOGY; FOSSILS; MADAGASCAR; ORBIT; PHYLOGENY; STREPSIRHINI;

ARCHAEOLEMUR; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MEGALADAPIDAE; PALAEOPROPITHECIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 78751644634     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323277     Document Type: Article

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