Muangthanhinius is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Asia during the late Eocene.[1][2]
| Muangthanhinius Temporal range: Late Eocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Strepsirrhini |
| Infraorder: | †Adapiformes |
| Family: | †incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Muangthanhinius Marivaux et al., 2006 |
| Species: | †M. siami
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| Binomial name | |
| †Muangthanhinius siami Marivaux et al., 2006
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Classification
editMuangthanhinius was initially classified as incertae sedis within Adapiformes because Marivaux et al. (2006) noted its distinctness from other named adapiform families. The authors noted its similarity to Bugtilemur, questioning the latter's putative lemuriform affinities. Ni et al. (2016) recovered Muangthanhinius as part of the family Ekgmowechashalidae along with Ekgmowechashala, Bugtilemur, and Gatanthropus.[3]
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Fleagle 2013, p. 243.
- ^ 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.
Literature cited
edit- Fleagle, J.G. (2013). Primate Adaptation and Evolution (3rd ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-123-78633-3. OCLC 820107187.