Siamoadapis
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| Siamoadapis Temporal range: Middle Miocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Family: | †Sivaladapidae |
| Genus: | †Siamoadapis Chaimanee et al., 2007 |
| Species: | †S. maemohensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Siamoadapis maemohensis Chaimanee et al., 2007 | |
Siamoadapis is an extinct genus of adapiform primate. Remains of its only known species, Siamoadapis maemohensis, were 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 grams. Distinct for the species is the small size and differences in dentition compared to other Miocene sivaladapids.
References
[edit]- "Fossil dated 13m years". The Nation. February 26, 2008. Archived from the original on February 27, 2008.
- Chaimanee, Y.; Yamee, C.; Tian, P.; Chavasseau, O. & Jaeger, J.-J. (2008). "First middle Miocene sivaladapid primate from Thailand". Journal of Human Evolution. 54 (3): 434–443. Bibcode:2008JHumE..54..434C. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.10.001. PMID 18022213.
