Mammalia - Primates - Afrotarsiidae
Full reference: Y. Chaimanee, O. Chavasseau, K. C. Beard, Aung Aung Kyaw, Aung Naing Soe, Chit Sein, V. Lazzari, L. Marivaux, B. Marandat, Myat Swe, M. Rugbumrung, Thit Lwin, X. Valentin, Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein, and J.-J. Jaeger. 2012. Late middle Eocene primate from Myanmar and the initial anthropoid colonization of Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109(26):10293-10297
Belongs to Afrasia according to Y. Chaimanee et al. 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMMP 81, a tooth (right M2). Its type locality is Nyaungpinle, which is in a Bartonian fluvial mudstone in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Myanmar (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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