Maxillary molars cusp morphology of South African australopithecines

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402058448, 2007, Pages 53-64

  Moggi Cecchi, J ^a,b   Boccone, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

A. africanus; A. robustus; Australopithecinae; Cusp areas; Hypocone; Maxillary molars; Metacone; Paracone; Protocone

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045086115     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5845-5_4     Document Type: Chapter

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