''Khoratpithecus'' is an
extinct genus
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of
pongin primates that lived during the late
Miocene
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(7–9 million years ago) in
Myanmar
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and
Thailand
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.
Three species belong to this genus:
*''Khoratpithecus chiangmuanensis'' from Thailand
(Chaimanee, Jolly, Benammi, Tafforeau, Duzer, Moussa & Jaeger, 2003) (formerly ''
Lufengpithecus
''Lufengpithecus'' () is an extinct genus of ape in the subfamily Ponginae. It is known from thousands of dental remains and a few skulls and probably weighed about . It contains three species: ''L. lufengensis'', ''L. hudienensis'' and ''L. k ...
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
See also
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Lufengpithecus
''Lufengpithecus'' () is an extinct genus of ape in the subfamily Ponginae. It is known from thousands of dental remains and a few skulls and probably weighed about . It contains three species: ''L. lufengensis'', ''L. hudienensis'' and ''L. k ...
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Griphopithecus
''Griphopithecus'' is a prehistoric ape from the Miocene of Turkey and Central Europe.
Description
''Griphopithecus'' has been consistently grouped with stem hominoids. The material therefore indicates the range of hominoid locomotor anatomy i ...
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Sivapithecus
''Sivapithecus'' () (syn: ''Ramapithecus)'' is a genus of extinct apes. Fossil remains of animals now assigned to this genus, dated from 12.2 million years old in the Miocene, have been found since the 19th century in the Siwalik Hills of the I ...
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References
Miocene primates of Asia
Prehistoric apes
Fossil taxa described in 2004
Miocene mammals of Asia
Prehistoric primate genera
Taxa named by Varavudh Suteethorn
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