Mfwanganu Island: Burdigalian, Kenya
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Hecubides euryodon
Savage 1965
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Kichechia zamanae
Savage 1965
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Anasinopa leakeyi
Savage 1965
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Ptolemaiida
- Kelbidae
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Kelba quadeemae
Savage 1965
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Kenya |
| Coordinates: | 0.5° North, 34.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.7° South, 31.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 146599 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-06-28 01:25:16 | Last modified: | 2013-06-27 10:25:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-06-28 01:25:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47344. | R. J. G. Savage. 1965. Fossil Mammals of Africa: 19 The Miocene Carnivora of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 10(8):241-316 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |