A new primate from the Middle Eocene of Myanmar and the Asian early origin of anthropoids

Science

Volumn 286, Issue 5439, 1999, Pages 528-530

  Jaeger, J J ^a   Thein, Tin ^b   Benammi, M ^a   Chaimanee, Y ^b   Soe, Aung Naing ^c   Lwin, Thit ^c   Tun, Than ^d   Wai, San ^d   Ducrocq, S ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b Paleontological Section ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF YANGON   (Myanmar)

^d Ministry of Defence   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PRIMATE;

ANTHROPOIDEA; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; DENTITION; MANDIBLE; MYANMAR; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DENTITION; FOSSILS; HAPLORHINI; JAW; MAXILLA; MYANMAR; TERMINOLOGY;

MYANMAR;

AMPHIPITHECIDAE; ANTHROPOIDEA; BAHINIA PONDAUNGENSIS; EOSIMIIDAE; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0033569550     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5439.528     Document Type: Article

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