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- Title
New Proboscideans (Mammalia) from the middle Miocene of Thailand.
- Authors
Chavasseau, Olivier; Chaimanee, Yaowalak; Yamee, Chotima; Tian, Pannipa; Rugbumrung, Mana; Marandat, Bernard; Jaeger, Jean-Jacques
- Abstract
The proboscidean fauna of the middle Miocene of Thailand consists of five taxa, including four elephantoids and one deinothere. The Thai association is dominated by the genera Stegolophodon and Gomphotherium. Stegolophodon is represented by S. nasaiensis and S. praelatidens. The latter species, considered invalid and possibly conspecific with S. latidens, is re-erected. Its phylogenetic relationships are discussed. The Thai Gomphotherium matches with G. browni from the middle Miocene of Indo-Pakistan. However, the open nomenclature is employed for the Thai material because it differs from G. browni in terms of curvature of the upper tusk. Intraspecific molar size variation observed in G. cf. browni and Stegolophodon praelatidens is attributed to sexual dimorphism. The Thai proboscidean asssemblage is mainly endemic compared with other contemporaneous Asian faunas although the recognition of Gomphotherium cf. browni denotes faunal affinities with Pakistan. The biostratigraphical implications of the taxa are examined in a regional context. © 2009 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 155, 703–721.
- Subjects
THAILAND; BIOGEOGRAPHY; PROBOSCIDEA (Mammals); GOMPHOTHERIUM; EVOLUTIONARY theories; NEOCENE stratigraphic geology; CLADISTIC analysis; SEXUAL dimorphism in animals
- Publication
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, Vol 155, Issue 3, p703
- ISSN
0024-4082
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00456.x