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Laomaki fossil map

Where fossils of Laomaki have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 30 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 30 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

GroupEarly mammals
Lived33.9–27.3 million years ago (Rupelian)
PeriodsPaleogene
FamilySivaladapidae
Named byNi et al. 2016
Fossil records2 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inChina
Rock formationsCaijiachong

About Laomaki

Laomaki is a genus of adapiform primate that lived during the Early Oligocene in Asia, containing only the species Laomaki yunnanensis. It was described from a right maxilla fragment. Its molars and premolars are somewhat similar to those of Rencunius and Anthradapis respectively. Its placement within the family Sivaladapidae is uncertain; it has not been placed in a subfamily. It has been found at sites in Jammu and Kashmir and Yunnan, having lived around the time of the Eocene–Oligocene transition.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Laomaki (revision 1333990172), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q123360116.

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