An additional specimen of a large-bodied Miocene hominoid from Chiang Muan, northern Thailand

Yutaka Kunimatsu; Benjavun Ratanasthien; Hideo Nakaya; Haruo Saegusa; Shinji Nagaoka; Yûsuke Suganuma; Akira Fukuchi; Bantita Udomkan

doi:10.1007/s10329-004-0096-6

An additional specimen of a large-bodied Miocene hominoid from Chiang Muan, northern Thailand

Primates. 2005 Jan;46(1):65-9. doi: 10.1007/s10329-004-0096-6. Epub 2004 Aug 12.

Authors

Yutaka Kunimatsu¹, Benjavun Ratanasthien, Hideo Nakaya, Haruo Saegusa, Shinji Nagaoka, Yûsuke Suganuma, Akira Fukuchi, Bantita Udomkan

Affiliation

¹ Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kanrin, Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506, Japan. kunimats@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

PMID: 15309636
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-004-0096-6

Abstract

Chiang Muan is the first Miocene fossil site in Southeast Asia, from which large-bodied Miocene hominoids have been discovered (Kunimatsu et al., Primate Res 16:299, 2000a). In this article, we describe a hominoid lower molar (CMu15-5'01) recovered from the Upper Lignite Member of Chiang Muan. The age of Chiang Muan is estimated to be latest Middle or earliest Late Miocene (around 11 Ma), based on the mammalian fauna.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Fossils*
Hominidae / anatomy & histology*
Molar / anatomy & histology*
Paleodontology
Thailand