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Siamopithecus eocaenus

Osteichthyes - Primates - Amphipithecidae

Taxonomy
Siamopithecus eocaenus was named by Chaimanee et al. (1997). Its type specimen is DMR TF 3635, a maxilla (maxilla with right P3-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. 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. It is the type species of Siamopithecus.

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2009-04-09; modified by P. Mannion on 2016-01-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Siamopithecus eocaenus Chaimanee et al.
1999Siamopithecus eocaenus Ducrocq p. 613

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
—Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
familyAmphipithecidae(Godinot 1994)
subfamilySiamopithecinae
genusSiamopithecus
specieseocaenus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Siamopithecus eocaenus Chaimanee et al. 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:27:51
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:27:51
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Thailand Siamopithecus eocaenus (13127 49078 type locality: 88358)