A calcaneus attributable to the primitive late eocene anthropoid Proteopithecus sylviae: Phenetic affinities and phylogenetic implications

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 372-397

  Gladman, Justin T ^a   Boyer, Doug M ^b   Simons, Elwyn L ^b   Seiffert, Erik R ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

digital surface models; Fayum; Parapithecidae; Platyrrhini; primates; three dimensional geometric morphometrics

Indexed keywords

APE; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CENOZOIC; MIDDLE MIOCENE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLATYRRHINI; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEOPITHECUS SYLVIAE; RUPELIAN; SIMIAN; UPPER EOCENE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CALCANEUS; CATARRHINI; EGYPT; FOSSILS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84879363684     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22266     Document Type: Article

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