Inferring primate growth, development and life history from dental microstructure: The case of the extinct Malagasy lemur, Megaladapis

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402058448, 2007, Pages 147-162

  Schwartz, G T ^a   Godfrey, L R ^b   Mahoney, P ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental development; Eruption schedules; Gestation; Incremental lines; Megaladapis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045079427     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5845-5_10     Document Type: Chapter

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