Li Mae Long: Burdigalian - Langhian, Thailand

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Xenoderminae indet.
Rage and Ginsburg 1997
Neotracus butleri n. sp.
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
? Homiodorcas sp.
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mammalia
Siamoperadectes minutus n. gen., n. sp. Ducrocq et al. 1992
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Stegodontidae
? Stegolophodon sp. Pohlig 1888
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mastodon sp. Cuvier 1817
synonym of Mammut
Mammalia - Insectivora
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Insectivora - Tupaiidae
Tupaia miocenica n. sp. Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus yongyuthi n. sp. Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Hipposideridae
Hipposideros felix n. sp. Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Hipposideros (Brachipposideros) khengkao n. sp.
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
spelled with current rank as Brachipposideros
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Megadermatidae
Megaderma sp. Geoffroy 1810
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Emballonuridae
? Taphozous sp. Geoffroy 1818
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Vespertilionidae indet. Gray 1821
Ia lanna n. sp.
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Molossidae
Molossidae indet. Gervais 1856
Rhizomops mengraii n. sp. Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
? Semigenetta sp. Helbing 1927
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
? Martes sp. Frisch 1775
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mammalia - Suidae
Conohyus sindiensis (Lydekker 1884)
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mammalia - Lagomerycidae
Stephanocemas rucha Ginsburg and Ukkakimapan 1983
Mammalia - Tragulidae
Siamotragulus harpounchai n. sp.
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Thaiagymnura equilateralis n. gen., n. sp. Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Hylomys engesseri n. sp. Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Erinaceinae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scapanulus lampounensis n. sp. Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
? Atlantoxerus sp. Major 1893
Ratufa maelongensis Mein et al. 1990
Mammalia - Rodentia - Diatomyidae
Diatomys sp. Li 1974
Diatomys liensis Mein and Ginsburg 1985
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Potwarmus thailandicus (Jaeger 1985)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964
Democricetodon kaonou n. sp. Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Spanocricetodon kahni
Spanocricetodon sp. Li 1977
Spanocricetodon janvieri n. sp. Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Prokanisamys benjavuni (Mein and Ginsburg 1985)
original and current combination Kanisamys benjavuni
Mammalia - Rodentia
Neocometes orientalis Mein 1990
Mammalia - Primates - Lorisidae
? Nycticebus linglom n. sp. Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Mammalia - Primates - Tarsiidae
Tarsius thailandica Ginsburg and Mein 1987
recombined as Hesperotarsius thailandicus
Reptilia - Phoenicopteriformes - Phoenicopteridae
Phoeniconaias sp. Gray 1869
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Paraortygometra porzanoides (Milne-Edwards 1871)
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825
two forms
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Proardeola walkeri Harrison 1979
Reptilia
Scincomorpha indet. Camp 1923
Rage and Ginsburg 1997
Reptilia - Acrochordidae
Acrochordus sp. Hornstedt 1787
Rage and Ginsburg 1997
Reptilia - Boidae
Python sp. Daudin 1803
Rage and Ginsburg 1997
Reptilia - Viperidae
Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811
Rage and Ginsburg 1997
Natricinae indet. Bonaparte 1838
Rage and Ginsburg 1997
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814
Rage and Ginsburg 1997
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
Discoglossidae indet. Günther 1859
Rage and Ginsburg 1997
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Siluridae
Siluridae indet. Cuvier 1816
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Percidae
Percidae indet. Cuvier 1816
see common names

Geography
Country:Thailand
Coordinates: 17.7° North, 98.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.6° North, 99.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian - Langhian Mammal zone: MN 5
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:259
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:48126
Authorizer:J. Head, M. Uhen, J. Alroy Enterer:J. Head, M. Uhen, J. Alroy
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-14 14:29:34 Last modified:2020-08-03 12:28:57
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-14 14:29:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
28326. S. Ducrocq, E. Buffetaut, H. Buffetaut-Tong, J.-J. Jaeger, Y. Jongkanjanasoontorn and V. Suteethorn. 1992. First fossil marsupial from South Asia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12(3):395-399 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

41424 P. Mein and L. Ginsburg. 1997. Les mammiferes du gisement miocene inferieure de Li Mae Long, Thailande; Systematique biostratigraphie et paleoenvironment. Geodiversitas 19(4):783-844 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
12897 J.-C. Rage and L. Ginsburg. 1997. Amphibians and squamates from the early Miocene of Li Mae Long, Thailand: the richest and most diverse herpetofauna from the Cainozoic of Asia. Herpetology '97, abstracts of the Third World Congress of Herpetology 167-168 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]