Aragai - Tugen Hills (Miocene of Kenya)

Where: Kenya (0.8° N, 35.9° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° N, 35.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Lukeino Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siltstone and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: M. Pickford. 2005. Fossil hyraxes (Hyracoidea: Mammalia) from the Late Miocene and Plio-Pleistocene of Africa, and the phylogeny of the Procaviidae. Palaeontologia Africana 41:141-161 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 110080: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Dendrohyrax samueli n. sp. Pickford 2005 tree hyrax