Were basal primates nocturnal? Evidence from eye and orbit shape

PRIMATE ORIGINS: Adaptations and Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 233-256

  Ross, C F ^a   Hall, M I ^b   Heesy, C P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33507-0_7     Document Type: Chapter

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