First discovery of colobine fossils from the early to middle Pleistocene of southern Taiwan

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 439-451

  Chang, Chun Hsiang ^a   Takai, Masanaru ^b   Ogino, Shintaro ^b  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Cercopithecidae; Chiting Formation; Chochen; Macaca; Rhinopithecus

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; NEW RECORD; PLEISTOCENE; PRIMATE; VEGETATION;

TAIWAN;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECINAE; CERCOPITHECUS; COLOBINAE; HAPLORHINI; MACACA; MACACA CYCLOPIS; PYGATHRIX;

EID: 84865554956     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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