Complete Primate Skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: Morphology and Paleobiology

Jens L. Franzen; Philip D. Gingerich; Jörg Habersetzer; Jørn H. Hurum; Wighart von Koenigswald; B. Holly Smith

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005723

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Complete Primate Skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: Morphology and Paleobiology

Jens L. Franzen,

Affiliations Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt, Germany, Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Philip D. Gingerich,

Affiliation Museum of Paleontology and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Jörg Habersetzer,

Affiliation Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt, Germany
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Jørn H. Hurum ,

* E-mail: j.h.hurum@nhm.uio.no

Affiliation Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Wighart von Koenigswald,

Affiliation Steinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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B. Holly Smith

Affiliation Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Complete Primate Skeleton from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: Morphology and Paleobiology

Jens L. Franzen,
Philip D. Gingerich,
Jörg Habersetzer,
Jørn H. Hurum,
Wighart von Koenigswald,
B. Holly Smith

Published: May 19, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005723

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