A new primate from the Middle Eocene of Myanmar and the Asian early originof anthropoids

A new genus and species of anthropoid primate, Bahinia pondaungensis gen. e t sp. nov., is described from the Yashe Kyitchaung Locality in the Late Mid dle Eocene Pondaung Formation (Myanmar). it is related to Eosimias, but it is represented by more complete remains. including upper dentition with ass ociated lower jaw fragment. it is interpreted as a new representative of th e family Eosimiidae, which corresponds to the sister group of the Amphipith ecidae and of all other anthropoids. Eosimiidae are now recorded from three distinct Middle Eocene Localities in Asia, giving support to the hypothesi s of an Asian origin of anthropoids.