Functional morphology and anatomy of cervical vertebrae in Nacholapithecus kerioi, a middle Miocene hominoid from Kenya

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 677-695

  Kikuchi, Yasuhiro ^a   Nakano, Yoshihiko ^b   Nakatsukasa, Masato ^c   Kunimatsu, Yutaka ^c   Shimizu, Daisuke ^d   Ogihara, Naomichi ^e   Tsujikawa, Hiroshi ^f   Takano, Tomo ^e   Ishida, Hidemi ^g  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN MONKEY CENTRE   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOHOKU BUNKA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Seisen University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Africa; Atlas; Axis; Hominoidea; Miocene; Orthograde

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BONE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOMINID; MIOCENE;

KENYA; NACHOLA; RIFT VALLEY;

HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; NACHOLAPITHECUS; NACHOLAPITHECUS KERIOI; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84861910607     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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