†Mioprionodon hodopeus Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009 (civet)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
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 Mioprionodon according to D. T. Rasmussen and M. Gutierrez 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: KNM-NW 46827, a set of teeth (Left M1-M2). Its type locality is Benson's Site, which is in an Aquitanian floodplain siltstone in Kenya.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Benson's Site
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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