''Muangthanhinius'' is a genus of adapiform

primate Primates is an order (biology), order of mammals, which is further divided into the Strepsirrhini, strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and Lorisidae, lorisids; and the Haplorhini, haplorhines, which include Tarsiiformes, tarsiers a ...

that lived in Asia during the late

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

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'', '' Bugtilemur'', 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 Monotypic prehistoric primate genera Fossil taxa described in 2006