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

KC Beard, L Marivaux… - … of the Royal …, 2009 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The family Amphipithecidae is one of the two fossil primate taxa from Asia that appear to be
early members of the anthropoid clade. Ganlea megacanina, gen. et sp. nov., is a new …

Late middle Eocene fossil wood of Myanmar: Implications for the landscape and the climate of the Eocene Bengal Bay

A Licht, A Boura, D De Franceschi, T Utescher… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The late middle Eocene Pondaung Formation, Myanmar, has yielded a diversified
assemblage of silicified wood including some of the earliest recorded Dipterocarpaceae …

New sivaladapid primates from the Eocene Pondaung Formation of Myanmar and the anthropoid status of Amphipithecidae

KC Beard, L Marivaux, ST Tun, AN Soe… - Bulletin of Carnegie …, 2007 - BioOne
Fossil primates from the late middle Eocene Pondaung Formation of Myanmar have figured
prominently in recent efforts to reconstruct the early evolutionary history of anthropoids. The …

Fossil woods from the late middle Eocene Pondaung Formation, Myanmar

A Licht, A Boura, D De Franceschi, S Ducrocq… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2014 - Elsevier
Twelve species of fossil wood were identified from silicified specimens collected in the late
middle Eocene Pondaung Formation, Myanmar. These species display affinities with …

Variation in dental wear and tooth loss among known‐aged, older ring‐tailed lemurs (Lemur catta): a comparison between wild and captive individuals

FP Cuozzo, ML Sauther, L Gould… - American Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Tooth wear is generally an age‐related phenomenon, often assumed to occur at similar
rates within populations of primates and other mammals, and has been suggested as a …

Role of permeability barriers in alluvial hydromorphic palaeosols: the Eocene Pondaung Formation, Myanmar

A Licht, I Cojan, L Caner, AN Soe, JJ Jaeger… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the lateral distribution of hydromorphy in the fine‐grained alluvial
deposits of the Eocene Pondaung Formation, central Myanmar. Through detailed outcrop …

Fossil wood from the lower Miocene of Myanmar (Natma Formation): palaeoenvironmental and biogeographic implications

N Gentis, A Licht, A Boura, D De Franceschi, Z Win… - Geodiversitas, 2022 - BioOne
Bois fossiles du Miocène inférieur du Myanmar (formation de Natma): implications
paléoenvironnementales et biogéographiques. Le registre botanique fossile du Myanmar …

Talar morphology, phylogenetic affinities, and locomotor adaptation of a large‐bodied amphipithecid primate from the late middle Eocene of Myanmar

L Marivaux, KC Beard, Y Chaimanee… - American Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A well‐preserved fossil talus [National Museum of Myanmar Primates (NMMP) 82] of a large‐
bodied primate is described from the late middle Eocene Pondaung Formation of central …

Dietary reconstruction of the Amphipithecidae (Primates, Anthropoidea) from the Paleogene of South Asia and paleoecological implications

A Ramdarshan, G Merceron, P Tafforeau… - Journal of Human …, 2010 - Elsevier
The primate family, Amphipithecidae, lived during the early Cenozoic in South Asia. In this
study, the diet of late middle Eocene amphipithecids from the Pondaung Formation (Central …

Amphipithecine primates are stem anthropoids: cranial and postcranial evidence

JJ Jaeger, C Sein, DL Gebo… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Since their discovery in 1927, the phylogenetic status of the Myanmar amphipithecines has
been highly debated. These fossil primates are recognized either as anthropoids or as …