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It was in the second decade of the last century that the first primate fossil was found in the Pondaung area, central Myanmar (Burma). In 1914, a primate fossil was collected near Pangan Village by Dr Cotter and named Pondaungia cotteri by Pilgrim (1927). In 1923, another fossil primate was found near Mogaung Village and named Amphipithecus mogaungmsis by (1937). These fossil primates were then regarded as higher primates, members of the Anthropoidea.
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Shigehara, N., Takai, M. (2004). The Morphology of Two Maxillae of Pondaung Primates (Pondaungia cotteri and Amphipithecus mogaungensis) (middle Eocene, Myanmar). In: Ross, C.F., Kay, R.F. (eds) Anthropoid Origins. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8873-7_13
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