Brief Communication: The early Pleistocene deciduous hominid molar FS-72 from the Sangiran dome of Java, Indonesia: A taxonomic reappraisal based on its comparative endostructural characterization

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 666-674

  Zanolli, Clément ^a   Grine, Frederick E ^b   Kullmer, Ottmar ^c   Schrenk, Friedemann ^c,d   Macchiarelli, Roberto ^e,f  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

deciduous molar FS 72; Early Pleistocene; hominid paleobiodiversity; internal structure; Sangiran Dome

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; ENAMEL; FOSSIL HOMINID; INDONESIA; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN; MOLAR TOOTH; ORANGUTAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INDONESIA; MOLAR; PALEODONTOLOGY; PONGO;

EID: 84947044726     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22748     Document Type: Article

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