Neochorlakkia myaingensis n. gen., n. sp., a new Dichobunidae (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla) from the middle Eocene Pondaung Formation, Myanmar
Authors/Creators
- 1. UMR CNRS 7262 Laboratoire Paléontologie Évolution Paléoécosystèmes Paléoprimatologie (PALEVOPRIM), Université de Poitiers, UFR SFA, Bât. B 35, 6 rue M. Brunet, TSA 51106, 86073 Poitiers cedex 9 (France)
- 2. University of Distance Education, Ministry of Education, 80th Street, Between 34th & 35th Street, Chan Aye Tharzan Township, Mandalay (Myanmar)
- 3. Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Naypyitaw 15011 (Myanmar)
Description
The diversity of basal ungulates is significant in the late middle Eocene Pondaung Formation (Myanmar). However, the precise identification or attribution of some fossils is sometimes difficult because of the scarcity and poor preservation of the material. We describe here a new genus and species of a Dichobunidae from Paukkaung Kyitchaung 2 locality, that is morphologically and probably phylogenetically close to a taxon from the early-middle Eocene of Pakistan, and we discuss the attribution of dental material to Myanmarius chitseini Tsubamoto, Egi, Takai, Htike & Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein, 2013, an inderterminate artiodactyl from Pondaung. This study also confirms that dispersals were possible between the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia during the first part of the Eocene.
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