Cranial anatomy of the duchesnean primate Rooneyia viejaensis: New insights from high resolution computed tomography

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 74, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-95

  Kirk, E Christopher ^a,b   Daghighi, Parham ^a   Macrini, Thomas E ^c   Bhullar, Bhart Anjan S ^d   Rowe, Timothy B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocast; Middle ear; Nasal fossa; Olfactory bulb; Omomyid; Turbinal

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRANIUM; EOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA;

ADAPIFORMES; BARTONIA; DUCHESNEA; OMOMYIDAE; PLESIADAPIFORMES; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; FOSSIL; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; SKULL; TEXAS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84906941361     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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