New craniodental fossils of papionin monkeys from Cooper's D, South Africa

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 613-629

  Folinsbee, Kaila E ^a   Reisz, Robert R ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

baboon; Cercopithecidae; Papio; Pleistocene; Theropithecus oswaldi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENAMEL; EXTINCT SPECIES; FEMALE; FOSSIL; FRONTAL BONE; HAPLORHINI; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES COMPARISON; TAXON; TEMPORAL BONE; THEROPITHECUS; THEROPITHECUS OSWALDI OSWALDI; TOOTH; TOOTH CROWN;

BABOON; CERCOPITHECIDAE; PAPIO; PLEISTOCENE; THEROPITHECUS OSWALDI;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECINAE; DEMOGRAPHY; FOSSILS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH;

EID: 84880549244     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22317     Document Type: Article

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