Rethinking antillothrix: The mandible and its implications

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 825-836

  Rosenberger, Alfred L ^a,b,c,d   Klukkert, Zachary S ^b,c   Cooke, Siobhán B ^e,f   Rímoli, Renato ^g,h  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology NYCEP   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^e NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NYCEP Morphometrics Group   (United States)

^g Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo   (Dominican Republic)

^h Museo del Hombre Dominicano   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

Antillothrix; Biogeography; Caribbean primates; Insulacebus; Platyrrhines; Xenothrix

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOMETRY; CAVE; CRANIUM; DENTITION; DISPERSAL; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY; VICARIANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; PRIMATE;

ANIMALS; FOSSILS; MANDIBLE; MOLAR; PRIMATES;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

AOTUS (PRIMATE); CACAJAO; CALLICEBUS; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CHIROPOTES; PITHECIA; PITHECIIDAE; PRIMATES; SAIMIRI;

EID: 84879464223     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22144     Document Type: Article

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