Hind limb of the Nacholapithecus kerioi holotype and implications for its positional behavior

Anthropological Science

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 235-250

  Nakatsukasa, Masato ^a   Kunimatsu, Yutaka ^a   Shimizu, Daisuke ^b   Nakano, Yoshihiko ^c   Kikuchi, Yasuhiro ^d   Ishida, Hidemi ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN MONKEY CENTRE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Seisen University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fossils; Functional adaptation; Hominoids; Miocene; Positional behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871682899     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.120731     Document Type: Article

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