The Pondaung primates, enigmatic “possible anthropoids” from the latest middle Eocene, central Myanmar

M Takai, N Shigehara - Anthropoid origins: new visions, 2004 - Springer
The first mammal fossils were reported from the Pondaung area, Central Myanmar (Burma),
at the beginning of the 20th century (Pilgrim and Cotter, 1916). The fossil specimens …

A preliminary report on the Eocene mammals of the Pondaung fauna, Myanmar

T Tsubamoto, N Egi, M Takai… - Asian …, 2000 - repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp
A diverse array of mammalian species is now known from the Pondaung Formation, located
in central Myanmar. The new mammals for the Pondaung fauna are: Anthropoidea gen. et …

[PDF][PDF] New assessment of Pondaungia and Amphipithecus (Primates) from the late middle Eocene of Myanmar, with a comment on'Amphipithecidae'

GF Gunnell, RL Ciochon, PD Gingerich, PA Holroyd - 2002 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
Fossil primates have been known from the late middle to late Eocene Pondaung Formation
of Myanmar since the description of Pondaungia cotteri in 1927. Three additional primate …

Chronology of primate discoveries in Myanmar: influences on the anthropoid origins debate

RL Ciochon, GF Gunnell - American Journal of Physical …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The history of primate paleontology in Asia is long and complex, beginning with the first
discoveries of fossil primates on the Indian subcontinent in the early 1830s. The first Eocene …

The Morphology of Two Maxillae of Pondaung Primates (Pondaungia cotteri and Amphipithecus mogaungensis) (middle Eocene, Myanmar)

N Shigehara, M Takai - Anthropoid origins: new visions, 2004 - Springer
It was in the second decade of the last century that the first primate fossil was found in the
Pondaung area, central Myanmar (Burma). In 1914, a primate fossil was collected near …

Eocene primates from Myanmar: historical perspectives on the origin of Anthropoidea

RL Ciochon, GF Gunnell - Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The phylogenetic and geographic origins of the primate suborder Anthropoidea have long
been major focal points in the study of primate evolution. Field work in Africa and Asia over …

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 …

Primate postcrania from the late middle Eocene of Myanmar

RL Ciochon, PD Gingerich… - Proceedings of the …, 2001 - National Acad Sciences
Fossil primates have been known from the late middle to late Eocene Pondaung Formation
of Myanmar since the description of Pondaungia cotteri in 1927. Three additional primate …

The latest middle Eocene primate fauna in Pondaung area, Myanmar

M Takai, N Shigehara, T Tsubamoto… - Asian …, 2000 - repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp
So far four primate taxa have been discovered from the latest middle Eocene Pondaung
Formation, Central Myanmar (= Burma): Pondaungia cotteri, Amphipithecus mogaungensis …

Geographical and body size distributions of the Pondaung primates with a comment on the taxonomic assignment of NMMP 20, postcranium of an amphipithecid

N Egi, ST Tun, M Takai, N SHIGEHARA… - Anthropological …, 2004 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Relative abundance and body size were compared among six primate genera found from
the Pondaung Formation (latest middle Eocene, Myanmar). Pondaungia, consisting of two …