Khoratpithecus
Extinct genus of primates / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Khoratpithecus is an extinct genus of pongin primates that lived during the late Miocene (7–9 million years ago) in Myanmar and Thailand.
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Khoratpithecus | |
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Holotype mandible of Khoratpithecus ayeyarwadyensis from Myanmar | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Hominidae |
Subfamily: | Ponginae |
Tribe: | Pongini |
Genus: | †Khoratpithecus Chaimanee et al. 2004[1] |
Type species | |
†Khoratpithecus piriyai Chaimanee et al. 2004 | |
Species | |
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Three species belong to this genus:
- Khoratpithecus chiangmuanensis from Thailand (Chaimanee, Jolly, Benammi, Tafforeau, Duzer, Moussa & Jaeger, 2003) (formerly Lufengpithecus chiangmuanensis)
- Khoratpithecus piriyai from Thailand Chaimanee, Suteethorn, Jintasakul, Vidthayanon, Marandat & Jaeger, 2004
- Khoratpithecus ayeyarwadyensis from Myanmar Jaeger, Soe, Chavasseau, Coster, Emonet, Guy, Lebrun, Maung, Shwe, Tun, Oo, Rugbumrung, Bocherens, Benammi, Chaivanich, Tafforeau & Chaimanee, 2011
Wikispecies has information related to Khoratpithecus.
- Y. Chaimanee; V. Suteethorn; P. Jintasakul; C. Vidthayanon; B. Marandat; J.-J. Jaeger (2004). "A new orang-utan relative from the Late Miocene of Thailand". Nature. 427 (6973): 439–441. Bibcode:2004Natur.427..439C. doi:10.1038/nature02245. PMID 14749830. S2CID 4349664.
- J.-J. Jaeger; A. N. Soe; O. Chavasseau; P. Coster; E.-G. Emonet; F. Guy; R. Lebrun; A. A. Maung; H. Shwe; S. T. Tun; K. L. Oo; M. Rugbumrung; H. Bocherens; M. Benammi; K. Chaivanich; P. Tafforeau; Y. Chaimanee (2011). "First Hominoid from the Late Miocene of the Irrawaddy Formation (Myanmar)". PLOS ONE. 6 (4): 1–14. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...617065J. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017065. PMC 3080362. PMID 21533131.
- Y. Chaimanee; D. Jolly; Benammi, M.; Tafforeau, P.; Duzer, D.; Moussa, I. & J.-J. Jaeger (2003). "A Middle Miocene hominoid from Thailand and orangutan origins". Nature. 422 (6927): 61–65. Bibcode:2003Natur.422...61C. doi:10.1038/nature01449. PMID 12621432. S2CID 4422882.
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