†Orycteropus pottieri Ozansoy 1965 (aardvark)
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Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Belongs to Orycteropus according to T. Lehmann 2007
See also Patterson 1975 and Pickford 1975
Sister taxa: Orycteropus abundulafus, Orycteropus afer, Orycteropus browni, Orycteropus chemeldoi, Orycteropus crassidens, Orycteropus depereti, Orycteropus djourabensis, Orycteropus erikssoni, Orycteropus gaudryi, Orycteropus leptodon, Orycteropus mauritanicus, Orycteropus minutus, Orycteropus pilgrimi, Orycteropus sensi
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Pentalophos 1 (Miocene of Greece)
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