A Mammalian Fauna from the Late Oligocene of Northwestern Kenya

D. T. Rasmussen, and M. Gutierrez

2009

Article

Palaeontographica Abteilung A 288:1-52

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Brachyhyrax oligocenus
• Diamantomys timius
• Losodokodon
• Losodokodon losodokius
• Meroehyrax kyongoi
• Mioprionodon hodopeus
• Mlanyama
• Mlanyama sugu
• Thyrohyrax kenyaensis
• Thyrohyrax microdon

Taxonomy:

• Brachyhyrax oligocenus belongs to Brachyhyrax - Rasmussen and Gutier (2009)
• Brachyhyrax belongs to Geniohyinae - Rasmussen and Gutier (2009)
• Thyrohyrax kenyaensis belongs to Thyrohyrax - Rasmussen and Gutier (2009)
• Thyrohyrax microdon belongs to Thyrohyrax - Rasmussen and Gutier (2009)
• Meroehyrax kyongoi belongs to Meroehyrax - Rasmussen and Gutier (2009)
• Meroehyrax belongs to Pliohyracidae - Rasmussen and Gutier (2009)
• Losodokodon belongs to Mammutidae - Rasmussen and Gutier (2009)
• Losodokodon losodokius belongs to Losodokodon - Rasmussen and Gutier (2009)
• Mlanyama belongs to Proviverrinae - Rasmussen and Gutier (2009)
• Mlanyama sugu belongs to Mlanyama - Rasmussen and Gutier (2009)
• Mioprionodon hodopeus belongs to Mioprionodon - Rasmussen and Gutier (2009)
• Mioprionodon belongs to Carnivora - Rasmussen and Gutier (2009)
• Diamantomys timius belongs to Diamantomys - Rasmussen and Gutier (2009)