A partial hominoid humerus from the middle miocene of Castell de Barberà (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-381

  Alba, David M ^a   Moyà Solà, Salvador ^a   Almécija, Sergio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dryopithecini; Dryopithecus fontani; great apes; Hominoidea; late Aragonian

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; APE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOSSIL HOMINOID; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HUMERUS; HUMERUS HEAD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLECRANON; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRIMATE; RADIUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TAXON;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMERUS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

EID: 79951481525     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21417     Document Type: Article

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