Where: Kenya (1.8° N, 36.8° E: paleocoordinates 1.0° N, 35.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Aka Aithputh Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• from lower part of the formation
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: Y. Kunimatsu, H. Tsujikawa, M. Nakatsukasa, D. Shimizu, N. Ogihara, Y. Kikuchi, Y. Nakono, T. Takano, N. Morimoto and H. Ishida. 2017. A new species of Mioeuoticus (Lorisiformes, Primates) from the early Middle Miocene of Kenya. Anthropological Science 125(2):59-65 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 191756: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 12.02.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Mioeuoticus kichotoi n. sp.
Mioeuoticus kichotoi n. sp. Kunimatsu et al. 2017 loris |