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{{Short description|Extinct genus of primates}}

[[File:Amphipithecus mogaungensis.jpg|thumbnail|right|Cast of Amphipithecus mogaungensis Mandible]]

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'''''Amphipithecus mogaungensis''''' (Ape-like Creature of Mogaung derived from the [[Ancient Greek]] ''ἀμφί , amphi'' meaning "around" and ''pithēkos, pithecus'' meaning "ape") was a [[primate]] that live in Late [[Eocene]] [[Myanmar]]. Along with another primate ''Pondaungia cotteri'', both are difficult to categorise within the Order, Primata. What little has come to light suggests that both were well beyond the affinitites of [[adapidae]] or [[omomyidae]]. Often referred to as higher primates, [[Anthropoidea]], include [[humans]], [[monkeys]] and [[apes]]. Deep mandibles and mandibular molars with low, broad crowns suggest they are both anthropoids. More material will need to surface to investigate what these primates are. The teeth also suggest that these were [[frugivore]] primates, with a body mass of between six and ten kilograms.

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| taxon = Amphipithecus mogaungensis

| extinct = yes

| parent_authority = [[Edwin H. Colbert|Colbert]], 1937

| authority = Colbert, 1937

| image = Amphipithecus mogaungensis.jpg

| image_caption = Case of [[mandible]]

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|41.3|37.8}}[[Bartonian]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amphipithecus|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40842&is_real_user=1|access-date=2021-09-06|website=paleobiodb.org}}</ref>

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'''''Amphipithecus mogaungensis''''' (Ape"ape-like Creaturecreature of Mogaung", derived from the [[Ancient Greek]] ''{{lang|grc|[[:wikt:ἀμφί |ἀμφί]]}}, ''{{lang|grc|[[:wikt:amphi-|amphi-]]}}'' meaning "around" and ''{{lang|grc|pithēkos}}'', ''{{lang|la|pithecus}}'' meaning "ape") was a [[primate]] that livelived in Late [[Eocene]] [[Myanmar]]. Along with another primate ''[[Pondaungia|Pondaungia cotteri]]'', both are difficult to categorise within the Order,order Primata[[Primate]]s. What little hasis come to lightknown suggests that boththey wereare well beyond the affinitites ofneither [[adapidaeAdapiformes|adapiform]] ornor [[omomyidaeOmomyidae|omomyid]]. Oftenprimates, referredtwo toof asthe higherearliest primates,primate [[Anthropoidea]],groups includeto [[humans]],appear [[monkeys]]in andthe [[apes]]fossil record. Deep mandibles and mandibular molars with low, broad crowns suggest they are both anthropoids.[[simian]]s, Morea materialgroup willthat needincludes tomonkeys, surfaceapes, toand investigatehumans, whatthough thesemore primatesmaterial areis needed for further comparison. The teeth also suggest that these were [[frugivore]] primates, with a body mass of between{{convert|6|-|10|kg|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite sixbook |author=Fleagle |year=1998 |title=Primate Evolution and tenAdaptation kilograms.|publisher=Academic Press |isbn=9780080492131 }}</ref>

== Discovery ==

In early 1923, notable fossil prospector, [[Barnum Brown]] (famed for discovering the first T.''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' skeleton) travelledtraveled with his wife Lilian Brown to [[Yangon]], the capital of [[Myanmar]]. Brown focused his fossil prospectionprospecting along areas of Pondaung [[Sandstone]]. It was inIn the outskirts of [[Mogaung]] town that, he identified a mandible with three teeth (Rightright). He did not recognise the significance of his find until 14 &nbsp;years later, when [[Edwin H. Colbert]] identified the fossil as a new species of primate and the earliest known anthropoid in the world.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Ciochon |first=R. L. |author-link=Russell Ciochon | year = 1985 | title = Fossil ancestors of Burma | journal = Natural History | volume = 94 | issue = 10 | page = 26 }}</ref>

[[File:BarnumBrown Student.jpg|thumbnail|left|Class Portrait of Barnum Brown (1897): University of Kansas Yearbook]]

In early 1923, notable fossil prospector, [[Barnum Brown]] (famed for discovering the first T. rex skeleton) travelled with his wife Lilian Brown to [[Yangon]], the capital of [[Myanmar]]. Brown focused his fossil prospection along areas of Pondaung [[Sandstone]]. It was in the outskirts of [[Mogaung]] town that he identified a mandible with three teeth (Right). He did not recognise the significance of his find until 14 years later, when [[Edwin H. Colbert]] identified the fossil as a new species of primate and the earliest known anthropoid in the world.

== References ==

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[[Category:Eocene mammals]]

== References ==

[[Category:Prehistoric apes]]

* {{cite website |author=Ciochon |year=1985 |title=Fossil Ancestors of Burma |url=http://www.uiowa.edu/~bioanth/burma.html}}

[[Category:Eocene mammals of Asia]]

* {{cite book |author=Fleagle |year=1998 |title=Primate Evolution and Adaptation |publisher=Academic Press |isbn=9780080492131}}

[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1937]]

[[Category:Fossils of Myanmar]]