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The Amphipithecidae were simian primates that lived in Late Eocene and Early Oligocene. Fossils have been found in Myanmar, Thailand, and Pakistan. The limited fossil evidence is consistent with, but not exclusive to, arboreal quadrupedalism. In other words, the species may have moved about in trees on four legs, but not with regular leaping as seen in later simians. According to Beard et al., is the most basal form of amphipithecid. Pondaungia and Amphipithecus are now considered by scholars to be part of the same genus.

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  • Amphipithecidae (en)
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  • Amphipithecidae — родина вимерлих приматів парворяду Вузьконосі (Catarrhini). Це найпримітивніші вищі примати, викопні рештки яких відомі з верхнього еоцену Бірми і Таїланду та раннього олігоцену Пакистану (31-37 млн років тому). Родинні відносини з іншими приматами не визначені. (uk)
  • The Amphipithecidae were simian primates that lived in Late Eocene and Early Oligocene. Fossils have been found in Myanmar, Thailand, and Pakistan. The limited fossil evidence is consistent with, but not exclusive to, arboreal quadrupedalism. In other words, the species may have moved about in trees on four legs, but not with regular leaping as seen in later simians. According to Beard et al., is the most basal form of amphipithecid. Pondaungia and Amphipithecus are now considered by scholars to be part of the same genus. (en)
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  • The Amphipithecidae were simian primates that lived in Late Eocene and Early Oligocene. Fossils have been found in Myanmar, Thailand, and Pakistan. The limited fossil evidence is consistent with, but not exclusive to, arboreal quadrupedalism. In other words, the species may have moved about in trees on four legs, but not with regular leaping as seen in later simians. What little is known suggests that they are neither adapiform nor omomyid primates, two of the earliest primate groups to appear in the fossil record. Deep mandibles and mandibular molars with low, broad crowns suggest they are simians, a group that includes monkeys, apes, and humans, but are not within the two major extant groups of simians, the Catarrhini and Platyrrhini. Most scholars place them in the simians. However, some scholars suggest that their similarities to simians is the result of convergent evolution and that they should instead be considered Adapiformes. According to Beard et al., is the most basal form of amphipithecid. They vary in size from 6–7 kg (Siamopithecus and ), to 1–2 kg, with being even smaller. A number of scholars speculate that the teeth and jaws of the larger Amphipithecidae indicate that they fed on seeds and fruit with hard exteriors, whilst smaller species such as Myanmarpithecus ate soft fruit. Pondaungia and Amphipithecus are now considered by scholars to be part of the same genus. (en)
  • Amphipithecidae — родина вимерлих приматів парворяду Вузьконосі (Catarrhini). Це найпримітивніші вищі примати, викопні рештки яких відомі з верхнього еоцену Бірми і Таїланду та раннього олігоцену Пакистану (31-37 млн років тому). Родинні відносини з іншими приматами не визначені. (uk)
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