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Ganlea is an extinct genus of amphipithecid anthropoid primate that lived during the Bartonian stage of the Eocene epoch. It is possibly related to New World monkeys and often fed on seeds and tough-skinned fruit. The type specimen was officially described in 2009 and is from the Pondaung Formation in Myanmar. It is based on jaw fragments and assorted teeth. The teeth of Ganlea clearly group it with other amphipithecid primates from the area like Myanmarpithecus and Podaungia, and together these primates appear to belong to a monophyletic group (or they all shared a recent common ancestor and are closely related). One key trait shared among these primates is a canine tooth that is compressed front-to-back so that it is wider than it is long. This and other minute details of the teeth appea

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  • Ganlea is an extinct genus of amphipithecid anthropoid primate that lived during the Bartonian stage of the Eocene epoch. It is possibly related to New World monkeys and often fed on seeds and tough-skinned fruit. The type specimen was officially described in 2009 and is from the Pondaung Formation in Myanmar. It is based on jaw fragments and assorted teeth. The teeth of Ganlea clearly group it with other amphipithecid primates from the area like Myanmarpithecus and Podaungia, and together these primates appear to belong to a monophyletic group (or they all shared a recent common ancestor and are closely related). One key trait shared among these primates is a canine tooth that is compressed front-to-back so that it is wider than it is long. This and other minute details of the teeth appea
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  • (Beard et al. 2009)
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  • (Beard et al. 2009)
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  • Ganlea
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  • A somewhat tamarin-like restoration of Ganlea megacania.
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  • Ganlea is an extinct genus of amphipithecid anthropoid primate that lived during the Bartonian stage of the Eocene epoch. It is possibly related to New World monkeys and often fed on seeds and tough-skinned fruit. The type specimen was officially described in 2009 and is from the Pondaung Formation in Myanmar. It is based on jaw fragments and assorted teeth. The teeth of Ganlea clearly group it with other amphipithecid primates from the area like Myanmarpithecus and Podaungia, and together these primates appear to belong to a monophyletic group (or they all shared a recent common ancestor and are closely related). One key trait shared among these primates is a canine tooth that is compressed front-to-back so that it is wider than it is long. This and other minute details of the teeth appear to be unique characteristics of this group. There has been some debate as to how amphipithecids might relate to each other and other primates in general. Some scientists have seen them as anthropoids (the group that contains monkeys and apes) or as adapiforms (an extinct group of lemur-like primates that includes Darwinius). An interesting characteristic of Ganlea is a huge canine tooth (hence the species name "megacania") that has a wear facet from overuse and wear. The authors of the paper proposed that Ganlea (as well as the other amphipithecids) often fed on hard seeds and nuts that abraded the canines of these primates. The large lower canines of Ganlea, in particular, might have been an adaptation to this particular feeding niche.
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