Li Mae Long
The Mae Long Formation in the Li Basin (also referred to as Li Mae Long) is a fossil site in Lamphun Province, Thailand. The fossils found are thought to date to the late Early Miocene, about 18 million years ago, corresponding to the European zone MN 4.[1]
Mammals found at the site include:[1]
- Siamoperadectes minutus
- Thaiagymnura equilateralis
- Hylomys engesseri
- Neotetracus butleri
- Unidentified Erinaceidae, possibly Mioechinus
- Scapanulus lampounensis
- Unidentified species possibly belonging to Taphozous
- Unidentified species of Megaderma
- Rhinolophus yongyuthsi
- Hipposideros khengkao
- Hipposideros felix
- Unidentified species of Rhinolophoidea
- Ia lanna
- Rhizomops mengraii
- Unidentified species of Vespertilionidae
- ? Nycticebus linglom
- Tarsius thailandica
- Ratufa maelongensis
- Unidentified species possibly belonging to Atlantoxerus
- Diatomys liensis
- Democricetodon kaonou
- Spanocricetodon janvieri
- Prokanisamys benjavuni
- Potwarmus thailandicus
- Neocometes orientalis
- Two unidentified species
- Unidentified species
- Unidentified species
- Conohyus sindiensis
- Siamotragulus haripounchai
- Stephanocemas rucha
- Unidentified species possibly belonging to Homoiodorcas
References
- Mein and Ginsburg, 1997, p. 783
Literature cited
- Mein, P. and Ginsburg, L. 1997. Les mammifères du gisement miocène inférieur de Li Mae Long, Thaïlande : systématique, biostratigraphie et paléoenvironnement. Geodiversitas 19(4):783–844 (in French). Abstract in French and English.
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