Khoratpithecus
| Khoratpithecus | |
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| Holotype mandible of Khoratpithecus ayeyarwadyensis from Myanmar | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponginae |
| Genus: | Khoratpithecus Chaimanee et al. 2004[1] |
| Type species | |
| Khoratpithecus piriyai Chaimanee et al. 2004 | |
| Species | |
Khoratpithecus is an extinct genus of primates that lived during the late Miocene (9-7 million years ago) in Southeast Asia.
Three species belong to this genus:
- Khoratpithecus chiangmuanensis (Chaimanee, Jolly, Benammi, Tafforeau, Duzer, Moussa & Jaeger, 2003) (formerly Lufengpithecus chiangmuanensis ')
- Khoratpithecus piriyai Chaimanee, Suteethorn, Jintasakul, Vidthayanon, Marandat & Jaeger, 2004
- Khoratpithecus ayeyarwadyensis Jaeger, Soe, Chavasseau, Coster, Emonet, Guy, Lebrun, Maung, Shwe, Tun, Oo, Rugbumrung, Bocherens, Benammi, Chaivanich, Tafforeau & Chaimanee, 2011
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Wikispecies has information related to: Khoratpithecus |
- 1 2 Y. Chaimanee, V. Suteethorn, P. Jintasakul, C. Vidthayanon, B. Marandat and J.-J. Jaeger (2004). "A new orang-utan relative from the Late Miocene of Thailand". Nature 427 (6973): 439–441. doi:10.1038/nature02245. PMID 14749830.
- ↑ 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, and Y. Chaimanee (2011). "First Hominoid from the Late Miocene of the Irrawaddy Formation (Myanmar)". PLoS ONE 6 (4): 1–14. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017065.
- ↑ Y. Chaimanee, D. Jolly, Benammi, M., Tafforeau, P., Duzer, D., Moussa, I. and J.-J. Jaeger (2003). "A Middle Miocene hominoid from Thailand and orangutan origins". Nature 422 (6927): 61–65. doi:10.1038/nature01449. PMID 12621432.
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