Mlanyama sugu Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyainailouridae

Full reference: D. T. Rasmussen and M. Gutierrez. 2009. A Mammalian Fauna from the Late Oligocene of Northwestern Kenya. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 288(1-3):1-52

Belongs to Mlanyama according to D. T. Rasmussen and M. Gutierrez 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KNM-NW 46832, a mandible (Left dentary). Its type locality is Benson's Site, which is in an Aquitanian floodplain siltstone in Kenya.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Benson's Site

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