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Myanmarpithecus yarshensis
Taxonomy
Myanmarpithecus yarshensis was named by Takai et al. (2001). Its type specimen is NMMP-KU 0001a, a maxilla (right maxillary fragments preserving P4-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yarshe, Pondaung Sandstone, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial sandstone/mudstone in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar. It is the type species of Myanmarpithecus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Myanmarpithecus yarshensis Takai et al. p. 396 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Myanmarpithecus yarshensis Takai et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||