Myanmarpithecus Takai et al. 2001 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Amphipithecidae

Full reference: M. Takai, N. Shigehara, A. K. Aung, S. T. Tun, A. N. Soe, T. Tsubamoto, and T. Thein. 2001. A new anthropoid from the latest middle Eocene of Pondaung, central Myanmar. Journal of Human Evolution 40(5):393-409

Parent taxon: Amphipithecinae according to K. C. Beard et al. 2009

See also Kay et al. 2004, Marivaux et al. 2005 and Takai et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Bugtipithecus, Ganlea, Krabia, Pondaungia, Siamopithecinae

Subtaxa: Myanmarpithecus yarshensis

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Type: Myanmarpithecus yarshensis

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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