''Muangthanhinius'' is a genus of

adapiform Adapiformes is a group of early primates. Adapiforms radiated throughout much of the northern continental mass (now Europe, Asia and North America), reaching as far south as northern Africa and tropical Asia. They existed from the Eocene to the M ...

primate Primates are a diverse order of mammals. They are divided into the strepsirrhines, which include the lemurs, galagos, and lorisids, and the haplorhines, which include the tarsiers and the simians (monkeys and apes, the latter including huma ...

that lived in Asia during the late

Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene' ...

Classification

''Muangthanhinius'' was initially classified as ''incertae sedis'' within Adapiformes because Marivaux et al. (2006) noted its distinctness from other named adapiform families. The authors noted its similarity to ''Bugtilemur'', questioning the latter's putative lemuriform affinities. Ni et al. (2016) recovered ''Muangthanhinius'' as part of the family Ekgmowechashalidae along with ''

Ekgmowechashala ( Sioux: "little cat man") is an extinct genus of primate belonging to Adapiformes. Description and significance With a weight of approximately five pounds, around a foot tall and resembling a lemur, ''Ekgmowechashala'' is the only known North ...

'', ''

Bugtilemur ''Bugtilemur'' is an extinct genus of Strepsirhine primate belonging to the adapiform family Ekgmowechashalidae.It is represented by only one species, ''B. mathesoni'', which was found in the Chitarwata Formation of Pakistan. When first describ ...

'', and '' Gatanthropus''.X. Ni, Q. Li, L. Li and K. C. Beard. 2016. Oligocene primates from China reveal divergence between African and Asian primate evolution. Science 352(6286):673-677.

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Literature cited

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q19757502 Prehistoric strepsirrhines Eocene primates Eocene mammals of Asia Prehistoric primate genera Fossil taxa described in 2006