†Aseanpithecus myanmarensis Jaeger et al. 2019 (monkey)
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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
Belongs to Aseanpithecus according to J.-J. Jaeger et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMMP 93, a maxilla (left maxilla with C-M3, lacking M1 and part of P4). Its type locality is Pk2, Pondaung Sandstone, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial sandstone/siliciclastic in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar.
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Pk2, Pondaung Sandstone
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