Partial skeleton of Theropithecus brumpti (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the Chemeron Formation of the Tugen Hills, Kenya

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 347-362

  Gilbert, Christopher C ^a,b   Goble, Emily D ^c   Kingston, John D ^d   Hill, Andrew ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboons; Cercopithecoid; Crania; Papionin; Plio Pleistocene; Postcrania

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; PRIMATE; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; ETHIOPIA; KENYA; LAKE TURKANA; RIFT VALLEY; TUGEN HILLS;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECOIDEA; CRANIA; HAPLORHINI; PAPIO; PRIMATES; THEROPITHECUS; THEROPITHECUS GELADA;

EID: 80052261269     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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