Cercopithecids (Cercopithecidae, Primates)

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048199617, 2011, Pages 83-139

  Harrison, Terry ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercopithecoides; Colobines; East africa; Monkey; Papionin; Paracolobus; Parapapio; Pliocene; Rhinocolobus

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053384712     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9962-4_6     Document Type: Chapter

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