Khoratpithecus Temporal range: Late Miocene,
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Holotype mandible of Khoratpithecus ayeyarwadyensis from Myanmar | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Hominidae |
Subfamily: | Ponginae |
Tribe: | Pongini |
Genus: | †Khoratpithecus Chaimanee et al. 2004[1] |
Type species | |
†Khoratpithecus piriyai Chaimanee et al. 2004
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Species | |
Khoratpithecus is an extinct genus of pongin primates that lived during the late Miocene (7–9 million years ago) in Myanmar and Thailand.
Three species belong to this genus: