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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Dendrohyrax samueli n. sp.
Dendrohyrax samueli n. sp. Pickford 2005 tree hyrax |