Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: J. Morales and M. Pickford. 2005. Giant bunodont Lutrinae from the Mio-Pliocene of Kenya and Uganda. Estudios Geologicos 61(3-6):233-246
Belongs to Sivaonyx according to J. Morales and M. Pickford 2005
See also Peigne et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Sivaonyx africanus, Sivaonyx bathygnathus, Sivaonyx beyi, Sivaonyx ekecaman, Sivaonyx gandakasensis, Sivaonyx hendeyi, Sivaonyx hessicus, Sivaonyx kamuhangirei, Sivaonyx lehmani, Sivaonyx senutae
Type specimen: KNM LU 337 +338, a mandible. Its type locality is Lukeino fm., which is in a Messinian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Lukeino Formation of Kenya.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Lukeino fm.
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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