The latest finds were of pondaungia and amphipithecus primates, he said.
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He named the holotype " Amphipithecus mogaungensis ", or the ape-like creature of Mogaung.
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Col . Than Tun, leader of the Myanmar team, told reporters the remains were a " vital find, " complementing the discovery at Pondaung last year of the left and right lower jaws of an amphipithecus primate.
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Col . Than Tun of Myanmar's Office of Strategic Studies said that the fossils, discovered by a joint Myanmar-Japanese team in late November, were the jaw and teeth of monkey-like pondaungia and amphipithecus primates.