Brief communication: The oldest pliopithecid record in the Iberian Peninsula based on new material from the Vallès-Penedès Basin

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-140

  Alba, David M ^a   Moyà Solà, Salvador ^a   Robles, Josep M ^a,b   Galindo, Jordi ^a  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEONTOLOGIA MIQUEL CRUSAFONT   (Spain)

^b FOSSILIA Serveis Paleontològics i Geològics ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalonia; Pliopithecidae; Pliopithecoidea; Primates; Spain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LIBERIA; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PLIOPITHECID; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; CATARRHINI; FOSSILS; PALEONTOLOGY; SPAIN;

EID: 83655201313     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21631     Document Type: Article

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