Ganlea Beard et al. 2009 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Amphipithecidae

Full reference: K. C. Beard, L. Marivaux, Y. Chaimanee, J.-J. Jaeger, B. Marandat, P. Tafforeau, A. N. Soe, S. T. Tun, and A. A. Kyaw. 2009. A new primate from the Eocene Pondaung Formation of Myanmar and the monophyly of Burmese amphipithecids. Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Biological Sciences) 276:3285-3294

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

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

Subtaxa: Ganlea megacanina

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Type: Ganlea megacanina

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Ganle kyitchaung (Eocene of Myanmar)

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