Ekweeconfractus amorui Flink et al. 2021 (creodont)

Mammalia - Creodonta

Full reference: T. Flink, S. Cote, J. B. Rossie, J. M. Kibii, and L. Werdelin. 2021. The neurocranium of Ekweeconfractus amorui gen. et sp. nov. (Hyaenodonta, Mammalia) and the evolution of the brain in some hyaenodontan carnivores. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(2):e1927748

Belongs to Ekweeconfractus according to T. Flink et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KNM-MO 64199, a skull (cranium with left P1–M2, right P3–M3). Its type locality is Moruorot, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial volcaniclastic in the Lothidok Formation of Kenya.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Moruorot

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