†Miorhynchocyon Butler 1984 (elephant shrew)
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Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Rhynchocyonidae
Parent taxon: Rhynchocyonidae according to B. Senut and M. Pickford 2021
See also Butler 1984 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Brevirhynchocyon, Eorhynchocyon, Hypsorhynchocyon, Rhynchocyon
Subtaxa: Miorhynchocyon clarki Miorhynchocyon gariepensis Miorhynchocyon meswae
Type: Miorhynchocyon clarki
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (1 collection), Uganda (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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