Cheboite, Tugen Hills (Miocene of Kenya)

Where: Kenya (0.1° N, 34.9° E: paleocoordinates 0.3° S, 34.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lukeino Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Morales, M. Pickford, and D. Soria. 2005. Carnivores from the Late Miocene and basal Pliocene of the Tugen Hills, Kenya. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España 18(1-2):39-61 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230938: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 27.07.2023

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Plesiogulo praecocidens Kurten 1970 mustelid carnivore
KNM LU 227