The largest eosimiid, Bahinia, is from the Pondaung Formation, the same stratum as Afrasia, and the morphology of its molars bridges the gap between the more primitive molars of Eosimias and the more derived molars of the later Eocene African simians.
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The species, A. djijidae, was named in memory of a young girl from Mogaung village in central Myanmar.
Afrasia |