Full reference: J.-J. Jaeger, O. Chavasseau, V. Lazzari, Aung Naing Soe, Chit Sein, A. Le Maître, Hla Shwe and Y. Chaimanee. 2019. New Eocene primate from Myanmar shares dental characters with African Eocene crown anthropoids. Nature Communications 10:3531:1-10
Parent taxon: Anthropoidea according to J.-J. Jaeger et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Afrotarsiidae, Amamria, Amphipithecidae, Arctopithecini, Catarrhini, Eosimiidae, Neopithecini, Oligopithecidae, Paleopithecini, Parapithecoidea, Perupithecus, Platyrrhini, Proteopithecidae, Notnamaia, Aotidae, Protoanthropoidea
Subtaxa: Aseanpithecus myanmarensis
Type: Aseanpithecus myanmarensis
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Pk2, Pondaung Sandstone (Eocene of Myanmar)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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