Li Mae Long

Li Mae Long is a fossil site in Lamphun Province, Thailand. The fossils found are thought to date to the late Early Miocene, about 18 million years ago, corresponding to the European zone MN 4.^[1]

Mammals found at the site include:^[1]

Marsupials

• Siamoperadectes minutus

Lipotyphlans

• Thaiagymnura equilateralis
• Hylomys engesseri
• Neotetracus butleri
• Unidentified Erinaceidae, possibly Mioechinus
• Scapanulus lampounensis

Bats

• Unidentified species possibly belonging to Taphozous
• Unidentified species of Megaderma
• Rhinolophus yongyuthsi
• Hipposideros khengkao
• Hipposideros felix
• Unidentified species of Rhinolophoidea
• Ia lanna
• Rhizomops mengraii
• Unidentified species of Vespertilionidae

Treeshrews

• Tupaia miocenica

Primates

• ? Nycticebus linglom
• Tarsius thailandica

Rodents

• Ratufa maelongensis
• Unidentified species possibly belonging to Atlantoxerus
• Diatomys liensis
• Democricetodon kaonou
• Spanocricetodon janvieri
• Prokanisamys benjavuni
• Potwarmus thailandicus
• Neocometes orientalis

Carnivorans

• Two unidentified species

Proboscideans

• Unidentified species

Perissodactyls

• Unidentified species

Artiodactyls

• Conohyus sindiensis
• Siamotragulus haripounchai
• Stephanocemas rucha
• Unidentified species possibly belonging to Homoiodorcas

References

Literature cited

• Mein, P. and Ginsburg, L. 1997. Les mammifères du gisement miocène inférieur de Li Mae Long, Thaïlande : systématique, biostratigraphie et paléoenvironnement. Geodiversitas 19(4):783–844 (in French). Abstract in French and English.