First record of a parapithecid primate from the Oligocene of Kenya

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-331

  Ducrocq, Stéphane ^a   Manthi, Fredrick Kyalo ^b   Lihoreau, Fabrice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b Palaeontology Section   (Kenya)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropoidea; East Africa; Paleogene; Parapithecidae; Primates

Indexed keywords

NEW RECORD; OLIGOCENE; PALEOGENE; PRIMATE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

KENYA;

MAMMALIA; PARAPITHECIDAE; PRIMATES; SIMIAE; SIMIIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80051470270     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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