New dental remains of Hispanopithecus laietanus (Primates: Hominidae) from Can Llobateres 1 and the taxonomy of Late Miocene hominoids from the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 231-246

  Alba, David M ^a   Casanovas Vilar, Isaac ^a   Almécija, Sergio ^a,b   Robles, Josep M ^a,c   Arias Martorell, Júlia ^d   Moyà Solà, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dryopithecinae; Early Vallesian; Fossil great apes; Hispanopithecini; Hispanopithecus crusafonti

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY; TOOTH; VALLESIAN;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; PRIMATES; VALLESIA;

EID: 84863516391     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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