External and Internal Morphology of the BAR 1002'00 <i>Orrorin tugenensis</i> Femur

Galik, Karol; Sénut, Brigitte; Pickford, Martín; Gommery, Dominique; Treil, Jacques; J. Kuperavage, Adam; B. Eckhardt, R.

doi:10.1126/science.1098807

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External and Internal Morphology of the BAR 1002'00 Orrorin tugenensis Femur

Published in Science • Sep 2, 2004

Authors:

Karol Galik

Brigitte Sénut

Martín Pickford

Abstract

Late Miocene fossils from the Lukeino Formation in Kenya's Tugen Hills are assigned to Orrorin tugenensis. Of 20 fossils recovered there to date, 3 are proximal femurs. One of these, BAR 1002'00, preserves an intact head connected to the proximal shaft by an elongated neck. Although this fossil is c...

Subject

Extant taxon

Anatomy

Bar (unit)

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