†Myorycteropus africanus MacInnes 1955 (aardvark)
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Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Alternative combination: Orycteropus africanus
Full reference: D. G. MacInnes. 1955. Fossil Tubulidentata from East Africa. Fossil Mammals of Africa 10:1-38
Belongs to Myorycteropus according to T. Lehmann 2007
See also Patterson 1975 and Pickford 1975
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: 1264.50. Its type locality is Rusinga Island, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial horizon in Kenya.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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