Li Mae Long
Mae Long Formation Stratigraphic range: Early Miocene (MN 4) ~ | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Location | |
Region | Lamphun Province |
Country | Thailand |
Extent |
The Mae Long Formation in the (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]
Fossil content[]
Mammals found at the site include:[1]
- Metatherians
- Hylomys engesseri
- Neotetracus butleri
- Unidentified Erinaceidae, possibly
- Scapanulus lampounensis
- Unidentified species possibly belonging to Taphozous
- Unidentified species of Megaderma
- Hipposideros felix
- H. khengkao
- Rhinolophus yongyuthsi
- Unidentified species of Rhinolophoidea
- Unidentified species of Vespertilionidae
- ?Nycticebus linglom
- Tarsius thailandica
- Ratufa maelongensis
- Unidentified species possibly belonging to Atlantoxerus
- Diatomys liensis
- Two unidentified species
- Unidentified species
- Perissodactyls
- Unidentified species
- Artiodactyls
- Conohyus sindiensis
- Unidentified species possibly belonging to
References[]
Bibliography[]
- 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
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Thailand
- Neogene System of Asia
- Cenozoic paleontological sites of Asia
- Paleontology in Thailand
- Geography of Lamphun province