New primate first metatarsals from the Paleogene of Egypt and the origin of the anthropoid big toe

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-120

  Patel, Biren A ^a   Seiffert, Erik R ^a   Boyer, Doug M ^a,b   Jacobs, Rachel L ^a   St Clair, Elizabeth M ^a   Simons, Elwyn L ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aegyptopithecus; Anthropoid origins; Catopithecus; Eosimias; Grasping foot; Hallux

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOGENE; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE;

EGYPT;

AEGYPTOPITHECUS; CATOPITHECUS; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES; STREPSIRHINI; TARSIUS SYRICHTA;

EID: 84863531413     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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