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Open AccessA new primate from the late Eocene of Vietnam illuminates unexpected strepsirrhine diversity and evolution in Southeast Asia
Sivaladapidae is a poorly known Asian strepsirrhine family originally discovered in Miocene sediments of the Indian subcontinent. Subsequent research has considerably increased the diversity, temporal range, a...
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Pakkokuhyus and Progenitohyus (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Eocene of Southeast Asia are not Helohyidae: paleobiogeographical implications
Pakkokuhyus and Progenitohyus are two genera of primitive artiodactyls from the Eocene of Southeast Asia that have been referred to the family Helohyidae. However, recent advances in the phylogeny and systematics...
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Erratum to: First record of a diacodexeid artiodactyl in the middle Eocene Pondaung Formation (Myanmar)
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First record of a diacodexeid artiodactyl in the middle Eocene Pondaung Formation (Myanmar)
A fragmentary maxilla referred to a new diacodexeid artiodactyl, Magwetherium burmense, n. gen. and sp., is described from Sabapondaung locality in the middle Eocene Pondaung Formation in Myanmar. Comparisons wit...
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Hippos stem from the longest sequence of terrestrial cetartiodactyl evolution in Africa
According to molecular data, hippopotamuses and cetaceans form a clade excluding other extant cetartiodactyls. Despite a wealth of spectacular specimens documenting cetacean evolution, this relationship remain...
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Eocene bunoselenodont Artiodactyla from southern Thailand and the early evolution of Ruminantia in South Asia
Although Asia is thought to have played a critical role in the basal radiation of Ruminantia, the fossil record of early selenodont artiodactyls remains poorly documented in this region. Dental remains of a ne...
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Abnormal Fossil Upper Molar of Pongo from Thailand: Quaternary Climatic Changes in Southeast Asia as a Possible Cause
We interpret an unusual left M 3 attributed to Pongo from the Late Middle Pleistocene of Thailand to be an abnormal tooth rather than a supernumerary molar. Its peculiar morphology cannot be related to classical...
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A new Late Eocene anthropoid primate from Thailand
The fossil record of anthropoid primates from the Middle Eocene of South Asia is so far restricted to two genera (Pondaungia cotteri Pilgrim, 1937 and Amphipithecus mogaungensis Colbert, 1937 from the Eocene Pond...
