A new pliopithecid genus (primates: Pliopithecoidea) from castell de barberà (vallès-penedès basin, catalonia, spain)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-112

  Alba, David M ^a   Moyà Solà, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crouzeliinae; Iberian Peninsula; Miocene; Pliopithecidae; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARBERAPITHECUS HUERZELERI; BODY COMPOSITION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACE ASYMMETRY; GENUS; HAPLOTYPE; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; SPAIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PALEODONTOLOGY; PRIMATES; SPAIN; TOOTH;

EID: 83655184698     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21630     Document Type: Article

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