New craniodental material of Pronothodectes gaoi Fox (Mammalia, "plesiadapiformes") and relationships among members of Plesiadapidae

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 511-550

  Boyer, Doug M ^a,b,c,d   Scott, Craig S ^e   Fox, Richard C ^f  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b New York Consortium of Evolutionary Anthropology   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

basicranium; Canada; cladistics; Paleocene; petrosal; Primates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLADISTICS; DENTITION; NONHUMAN; PALEOGENE; PALEONTOLOGY; PETROUS BONE; PHYLOGENY; PLESIADAPIS COOKEI; PLESIADAPIS TRICUSPIDENS; PRIMATE; PRONOTHODECTES GAOI; SKULL;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; EAR, MIDDLE; FOSSILS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; SKULL; TOOTH;

EID: 84859101466     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22003     Document Type: Article

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