Rooneyia, postorbital closure, and the beginnings of the age of anthropoidea

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402069963, 2008, Pages 325-346

  Rosenberger, Alfred L ^a,b   Hogg, Russell ^c,d   Wong, Sai Man ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontal bone; Orbital floor; Temporal fossa; Transformation series; Zygomatic arch

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045082184     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6997-0_14     Document Type: Chapter

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