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Mioeuoticus kichotoi

Mammalia - Primates - Lorisidae

Taxonomy
Mioeuoticus kichotoi was named by Kunimatsu et al. (2017). Its type specimen is (KNM-BG 48081, a maxilla (right maxilla with P4 –M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nachola Site BG-K, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Aka Aithputh Formation of Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Mioeuoticus kichotoi Kunimatsu et al. p. 60 figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderLorisiformesGregory 1915
superfamilyLorisoidea
familyLorisidae()
subfamilyMioeuoticinae
genusMioeuoticusLeakey 1962
specieskichotoi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Mioeuoticus kichotoi Kunimatsu et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-22 16:48:02
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:48:02
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Kenya Mioeuoticus kichotoi (type locality: 191756)