Dental microwear texture analysis of late Pliocene Procynocephalus subhimalayanus (Primates: Cercopithecidae) of the upper siwaliks, India

Central European Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 425-438

  Williams, Frank L'Engle ^a   Holmes, Noelle A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kansal Formation; Papionin; Paranthropus robustus; Parapapio whitei; Pinjor

Indexed keywords

KANSAL FORMATION; PAPIONIN; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS; PARAPAPIO WHITEI; PINJOR;

DIGITAL STORAGE; ENAMELS; MAMMALS;

TEXTURES;

DENTAL HEALTH; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LOADING; MICROSCOPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOECOLOGY; PLIOCENE; PRIMATE;

INDIA; SIWALIK HILLS;

ALOUATTA PALLIATA; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; GORILLA GORILLA; LOPHOCEBUS; LOPHOCEBUS ALBIGENA; PARANTHROPUS ROBUSTUS; PARAPAPIO; PRIMATES; TRACHYPITHECUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 84871039916     PISSN: 20819900     EISSN: 18961517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13533-011-0076-5     Document Type: Article

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