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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
cf. Miorhynchocyon sp. Butler 1984 elephant shrew | |
cf. Pronasilio sp. Butler 1984 elephant shrew | |
cf. Heterohyrax sp. Gray 1868 rock hyrax | |
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821 elephant | |
Choerolophodon sp. Schlesinger 1917 proboscidean | |
Deinotherium cf. bozasi Arambourg 1934 deinothere | |
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat | |
cf. Galerella sp. Gray 1864 slender mongoose
cf. Cynictis sp. Ogilby 1833 yellow mongoose
cf. Ichneumia sp. Geoffroy 1837 mongoose | |
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821 hyaena | |
cf. Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet | |
Percrocuta leakeyi carnivoran | |
Lutrinae indet. Baird 1857 otter | |
Hipparion cf. africanum hipparionine horse | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
Kenyatherium bishopi Aguirre and Guérin 1974 rhinoceros
Chilotheridium pattersoni Hooijer 1971 rhinoceros
Diceros sp. Gray 1821 black rhino | |
Schizotheriinae indet. Holland and Peterson 1913 chalicothere | |
Boselaphini indet. Knottnerus-Meyer 1997 antelope
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle | |
Palaeotragus cf. germaini Arambourg 1959 giraffe
? Samotherium sp. Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe | |
Dorcatherium cf. pigotti Whitworth 1958 chevrotain | |
Hippopotaminae indet. Gray 1821 hippopotamus
Kenyapotamus coryndonae Pickford 1983 hippopotamus | |
cf. Listriodon sp. von Meyer 1846 pig
Nyanzachoerus nakaliensis n. sp. Tsubamoto et al. 2020 pig | |
cf. Gymnurechinus sp. Butler 1956 hedgehog | |
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
Vulcanisciurus africanus Lavocat 1973 squirrel | |
Hystricidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 porcupine | |
Paraulacodus johanesi cane rat
Thryonomys sp. Fitzinger 1867 cane rat | |
Afrocricetodon cf. songhori Lavocat 1973 mouse | |
Galagidae indet. Mivart 1864 galago | |
Nyanzapithecinae indet. Harrison 2002 monkey | |
cf. Microcolobus sp. Benefit and Pickford 1986 monkey | |
Hominoidea indet. Gray 1825 ape |