The vertebral remains of the late Miocene great ape Hispanopithecus laietanus from Can Llobateres 2 (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-34

  Susanna, Ivette ^a   Alba, David M ^a,b   Almécija, Sergio ^a,c,d   Moyà Solà, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NYCEP Morphometrics Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Dryopithecinae; Evolution; Hominidae; Hominoidea; Orthogrady; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; FOSSIL; HOMINID; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIMATE; SKELETON;

CATALONIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN; VALLES-PENEDES BASIN;

ATELES; ATELES SP.; HAPLORHINI; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HYLOBATIDAE; MOROTOPITHECUS; NACHOLAPITHECUS; PROCONSUL;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; SPAIN; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPAIN; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84905746706     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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