Somsak Sand Pit, Thailand


Fundort: Somsak Sand Pit, Thailand, Nakorn Ratchasima, Thailand
Taxon: Khoratpithecus piriyai aus der Familie Hominidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, Mammal fossils from at least two beds within an interval of about 3 m; about 9 - 6 Ma based on biochronology, mostly involving comparisons with the Siwaliks (Chaimanee et al. 2006), "grey organic-rich sand and gravel, with some clay lenses intercalated" (Chaimanee et al. 2006)
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 5,333 und 11,608 Millionen Jahre aus der Formation in Thailand
Geologie, Sratigraphie Tortonian, Messinian / Late Miocene /
Koordinaten: 15° 1 ' 35 '' N, 102° 16 ' 50 '' O

Literatur

Y. Chaimanee, V. Suteethorn, P. Jintasakul, C. Vidthayanon, B. Marandat, J.-J. Jaeger 2004, A new orang-utan relative from the Late Miocene of Thailand. Nature. 427, p. 439 - 441

Systematik