Muangthanhinius

Muangthanhinius
Temporal range: Late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Muangthanhinius
Marivaux et al., 2006
Species: M. siami
Binomial name
Muangthanhinius siami
Marivaux et al., 2006

Muangthanhinius is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Asia during the late Eocene.[1][2] It belongs in the family Ekgmowechashalidae with Ekgmowechashala, Bugtilemur, and Gatanthropus.[3]

References

  1. L. Marivaux, Y. Chaimanee, P. Tafforeau and J.-J. Jaeger. 2006. New strepsirrhine primate from the late Eocene of peninsular Thailand (Krabi Basin). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 130:425-434
  2. Fleagle 2013, p. 243.
  3. X. Ni, Q. Li, L. Li and K. C. Beard. 2016. Oligocene primates from China reveal divergence between African and Asian primate evolution. Science 352(6286):673-677.

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