The eosimiid primates (Anthropoidea) of the Heti Formation, Yuanqu Basin, Shanxi and Henan Provinces, People's Republic of China

KC Beard, J Wang - Journal of Human Evolution, 2004 - Elsevier
We describe the eosimiid primate fossils collected during the course of four field seasons in
the late middle Eocene Heti Formation of central China. In addition to providing new …

The oldest known anthropoid postcranial fossils and the early evolution of higher primates

DL Gebo, M Dagosto, KC Beard, T Qi, J Wang - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
The middle Eocene primate family Eosimiidae, which is known from sites in central and
eastern China, and Myanmar, is central to efforts to reconstruct the origin and early evolution …

A new eosimiid from the latest middle Eocene in Pondaung, central Myanmar

M Takai, C Sein, T Tsubamoto, N EGI… - Anthropological …, 2005 - jstage.jst.go.jp
A new species of eosimiid primate, cf. Eosimias paukkaungensis sp. nov., from the latest
middle Eocene of Pondaung, central Myanmar is described. The specimen consists of left …

Significance of primate petrosal from Middle Eocene fissure-fillings at Shanghuang, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China

RDE MacPhee, KC Beard, T Qi - Journal of Human Evolution, 1995 - Elsevier
An isolated petrosal bone belonging to a diminutive primate is reported from Middle Eocene
fissure-fills near Shanghuang (southern Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China), the …

[HTML][HTML] New Eocene primate from Myanmar shares dental characters with African Eocene crown anthropoids

JJ Jaeger, O Chavasseau, V Lazzari… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Recent discoveries of older and phylogenetically more primitive basal anthropoids in China
and Myanmar, the eosimiiforms, support the hypothesis that Asia was the place of origins of …

Phylogenetic analysis of anthropoid relationships

C Ross, B Williams, RF Kay - Journal of Human Evolution, 1998 - Elsevier
The relationships of anthropoids to other primates are currently debated, as are the
relationships among early fossil anthropoids and crown anthropoids. To resolve these …

Anthropoid origins: a possible solution to the Adapidae-Omomyidae paradox

DT Rasmussen - Journal of Human Evolution, 1986 - Elsevier
Evidence from the comparative anatomy and biochemstry of living primates indicates that
tarsiers are more closely related to anthropoids than are tooth-combed prosimians …

Phylogenetic and biogeographic significance of the tarsiiform primate Asiomomys changbaicus from the eocene of Jilin Province, people's Republic of China

KC Beard, B Wang - American Journal of Physical …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
A newly discovered Paleogene mammal locality in Jilin Province, People's Republic of
China has yielded a dentary fragment of the tarsiiform primate Asiomomys changbaicus …

Origin of Anthropoidea: dental evidence and recognition of early anthropoids in the fossil record, with comments on the Asian anthropoid radiation

GF Gunnell, ER Miller - … The Official Publication of the American …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Among the earliest fossil anthropoid primates known are Catopithecus browni, Serapia
eocaena, Arsinoea kallimos, and Proteopithecus sylviae, from the late Eocene quarry L‐41 …

A new anthropoid from the latest middle Eocene of Pondaung, central Myanmar

M Takai, N Shigehara, AK Aung, ST Tun… - Journal of Human …, 2001 - Elsevier
A new genus and species of medium-sized fossil primate, Myanmarpithecus yarshensis, is
described from the lastest middle Eocene sediments of Pondaung, central Myanmar …