Siamoadapis maemohensis
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| Siamoadapis Fossil range: Middle Miocene |
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| †Siamoadapis maemohensis Chaimanee et alii, 2007 |
Siamoadapis maemohensis is an extinct species of monkey found in Thailand, related with the present day lemurs.
The fossils were discovered in the lignite layer of a coal mine in Mae Mo district, Lampang Province, northern Thailand, after which it also received its scientific name. Four lower jaws with teeth have been 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 monkey, 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.
- Yaowalak Chaimanee, Chotima Yamee, Pannipa Tian, Olivier Chavasseau, Jean-Jacques Jaeger (2008). "First middle Miocene sivaladapid primate from Thailand". Journal of Human Evolution 54: 434–443. doi:.
