An additional specimen of a large-bodied Miocene hominoid from Chiang Muan, northern Thailand.
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.
Kunimatsu
Yutaka
Y
Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kanrin, Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506, Japan. kunimats@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Ratanasthien
Benjavun
B
Nakaya
Hideo
H
Saegusa
Haruo
H
Nagaoka
Shinji
S
Suganuma
Yûsuke
Y
Fukuchi
Akira
A
Udomkan
Bantita
B
D000818:Animals; D005580:Fossils; D015186:Hominidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008963:Molar / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D010161:Paleodontology; D013785:Thailand