A new primate from the Eocene Pondaung Formation of Myanmar and the monophyly of Burmese amphipithecids

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1671, 2009, Pages 3285-3294

  Beard, K Christopher ^a   Marivaux, Laurent ^b   Chaimanee, Yaowalak ^c   Jaeger, Jean Jacques ^d   Marandat, Bernard ^b   Tafforeau, Paul ^e   Soe, Aung Naing ^f   Tun, Soe Thura ^g   Kyaw, Aung Aung ^h  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c Bureau of Paleontology and Museum Bangkok   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^e EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^f Hpa an University   (Myanmar)

^g Myanmar Geosciences Society   (Myanmar)

^h Ministry of Culture   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Amphipithecidae; Anthropoid origins; Eocene; Myanmar

Indexed keywords

COMMON ANCESTRY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; EOCENE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROCESSING; FOSSIL PRIMATE; GANLEA MEGACANINA; INGESTION; MONKEY; MONOPHYLY; MORPHOLOGY; MYANMAR; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXON;

ASIA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ADAPIFORMES; MYANMARPITHECUS; PONDAUNGIA; PONDAUNGIDAE; PRIMATES; SIAMOPITHECUS; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 70349417813     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0836     Document Type: Article

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