Early pliocene cercopithecidae from woranso-mille (Central Afar, Ethiopia) and the origins of the Theropithecus oswaldi lineage

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 76, Issue C, 2014, Pages 39-53

  Frost, Stephen R ^a   Jablonski, Nina G ^b   Haile Selassie, Yohannes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Africa; Fossil old world monkey; Parallel evolution

Indexed keywords

CERCOPITHECIDAE; HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; THEROPITHECUS; THEROPITHECUS OSWALDI;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; COLOBINAE; DENTITION; FEMALE; FOSSIL; MALE; MANDIBLE; SKULL; THEROPITHECUS;

ANIMALS; COLOBINAE; DENTITION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; MALE; MANDIBLE; SKULL; THEROPITHECUS;

EID: 84927693993     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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