Analysis of Dental Root Apical Morphology: A New Method for Dietary Reconstructions in Primates

Anatomical Record

Volumn 295, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1017-1026

  Hamon, Noémie ^a,b   Emonet, Edouard Georges ^a,c   Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^a   Guy, Franck ^a   Tafforeau, Paul ^d   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c Paris Sciences et Lettres   (France)

^d EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

3D image; Khoratpithecus; Paleo diet; Primates; Tooth roots

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; FOSSIL PRIMATE; FRUIT; MANDIBLE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; SURFACE PROPERTY; THAILAND; TOOTH ROOT; UPPER MIOCENE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DENTITION, PERMANENT; DIET; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; MALE; PALEONTOLOGY; THAILAND; TOOTH ROOT;

ANIMALIA; HOMINOIDEA; KHORATPITHECUS PIRIYAI; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84860916178     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22482     Document Type: Article

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