†Leptorycteropus Patterson 1975 (aardvark)
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Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Full reference: B. Patterson. 1975. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. The fossil aardvarks (Mammalia: Tubulidentata) 147(5):186-237
Parent taxon: Orycteropodinae according to T. Lehmann 2007
See also Carroll 1988 and Patterson 1975
Sister taxa: Myorycteropus, Orycteropus
Subtaxa: Leptorycteropus guilielmi
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1 collection)
• Miocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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