A hominoid distal tibia from the Miocene of Pakistan.
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Summary
The morphology of this tibia is unique, consistent with other interpretations of Sivapithecus postcranial functional morphology that suggest the locomotion of this ape lacks a modern analog and it is hypothesized that this taxon exhibited substantial body size dimorphism.
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- article
- Published
- 2010-02-01
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 55
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Keywords
Postcrania, Eutheria, Theria, Arboreal locomotion, Tibia
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