Siamopithecus eocaenus Chaimanee et al. 1997 (monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Amphipithecidae

Full reference: Y. Chaimanee, V. Suteethorn, J.-J. Jaeger and S. Ducrocq. 1997. A new Late Eocene anthropoid primate from Thailand. Nature 385:429-431

Belongs to Siamopithecus according to S. Ducrocq 1999

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DMR TF 3635, a maxilla (maxilla with right P3-M3). Its type locality is Bang Mark pit (small lignite bed), which is in an Eocene terrestrial lignite in the Krabi Basin B2 Formation of Thailand.

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Thailand (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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