Siamoadapis maemohensis
| Siamoadapis Temporal range: Middle Miocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Infraorder: | †Adapiformes |
| Family: | †Sivaladapidae |
| Genus: | †Siamoadapis |
| Species: | †S. maemohensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Siamoadapis maemohensis Chaimanee et alii, 2007 |
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Siamoadapis maemohensis is an extinct species of Adapiform primate found in Thailand.
The fossils were discovered in the lignite layer of a coal mine in Mae Mo district, Lampang Province, northern Thailand, from which it also received its scientific species name. Four lower jaws with teeth were unearthed by a joint team of Thai and French geologists in 2004. It was dated to be 13.1 to 13.3 million years old, and described in 2007 by a team led by geologist Yaowalak Chaimanee (เยาวลักษณ์ ชัยมณี) from the Department of Mineral Resources, Thailand.
The animal was a very small primate, with a body length of 15 centimetres and estimated to have weighted 500 grammes. Distinct for the species is the small size and differences in the teething compared to other Miocene sivaladapids.
[edit] References
- "Fossil dated 13m years". The Nation. February 26, 2008. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/02/26/national/national_30066457.php.
- Chaimanee, Y., Yamee, C., Tian, P., Chavasseau, O. and Jaeger, J.-J. (2008). "First middle Miocene sivaladapid primate from Thailand". Journal of Human Evolution 54 (3): 434–443. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.10.001. PMID 18022213.
