Diet and habitat of Siwalik primates Indopithecus, Sivaladapis and Theropithecus

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 123-142

  Patnaik, Rajeev ^a   Cerling, Thure E ^b   Uno, Kevin T ^b   Fleagle, John G ^c  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; ENAMEL; HABITAT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEAR;

SIWALIK HILLS;

EID: 84897462790     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.051.0214     Document Type: Article

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