Nakali (Miocene of Kenya)

Where: Kenya (1.2° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 35.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Nakali Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• around 10.0–9.8 Ma, early Tortonian (basal late Miocene) (Kunimatsu et al., 2007;

•Tsubamoto et al., 2017).

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. Tsubamoto, Y. Kunimatsu, T. Sakai, M. Saneyoshi, D. Shimizu, N. Morimoto, H. Nakaya, N. Handa, Y. Tanabe, F. K. Manthi, and M. Nakatsukasa. 2020. A new species of Nyanzachoerus (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Suidae, Tetraconodontinae) from the upper Miocene Nakali Formation, Kenya. Paleontological Research 24(1):41-63 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 219711: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 20.04.2021

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Rhynchocyonidae
cf. Miorhynchocyon sp. Butler 1984 elephant shrew
 Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
cf. Pronasilio sp. Butler 1984 elephant shrew
 Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
cf. Heterohyrax sp. Gray 1868 rock hyrax
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821 elephant
 Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
Choerolophodon sp. Schlesinger 1917 proboscidean
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium cf. bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
cf. Galerella sp. Gray 1864 slender mongoose
cf. Cynictis sp. Ogilby 1833 yellow mongoose
cf. Ichneumia sp. Geoffroy 1837 mongoose
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena
 Carnivora - Viverridae
cf. Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet
 Carnivora - Percrocutidae
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutrinae indet. Baird 1857 otter
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. africanum hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
Kenyatherium bishopi Aguirre and Guérin 1974 rhinoceros
Chilotheridium pattersoni Hooijer 1971 rhinoceros
Diceros sp. Gray 1821 black rhino
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Schizotheriinae indet. Holland and Peterson 1913 chalicothere
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Boselaphini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1997 antelope
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Palaeotragus cf. germaini Arambourg 1959 giraffe
? Samotherium sp. Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium cf. pigotti Whitworth 1958 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotaminae indet. Gray 1821 hippopotamus
Kenyapotamus coryndonae Pickford 1983 hippopotamus
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
cf. Listriodon sp. von Meyer 1846 pig
Nyanzachoerus nakaliensis n. sp. Tsubamoto et al. 2020 pig
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
cf. Gymnurechinus sp. Butler 1956 hedgehog
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
Vulcanisciurus africanus Lavocat 1973 squirrel
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystricidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 porcupine
 Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Thryonomyidae indet. Pocock 1922 cane rat
two taxa (small and large
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat
 Rodentia - Muridae
Afrocricetodon cf. songhori Lavocat 1973 mouse
 Primates - Galagidae
Galagidae indet. Mivart 1864 galago
 Primates -
Catarrhini indet. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812 monkey
three taxa
Nyanzapithecinae indet. Harrison 2002 monkey
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
cf. Microcolobus sp. Benefit and Pickford 1986 monkey
 Primates -
Hominoidea indet. Gray 1825 ape