Named By: | Y. Chaimanee, V. Suteethorn, P. Jintasakul, C. Vidthayanon, B. Marandat & J. J. Jaeger in 2004 |
Time Period: | Unavailable |
Location: | Myanmar, Thailand |
Size: | Unavailable |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Mostly teeth, but mandible (lower jaw) fragments are also known |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Primates | Hominidae | Ponginae | |
Also known as: | | Lufengpithecus chiangmuanensis | |
Khoratpithecus is an extinct genus of primates that lived during the late Miocene (9-7 million years ago) in Southeast Asia.
Three species belong to this genus:
Khoratpithecus chiangmuanensis from Thailand (Chaimanee, Jolly, Benammi, Tafforeau, Duzer, Moussa & Jaeger, 2003) (formerly Lufengpithecus 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