Gona (Miocene of Ethiopia)

Where: Ethiopia (12.2° N, 39.2° E: paleocoordinates 11.9° N, 38.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN13 mammal zone, Nawata Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Werdelin. 2009. The last amphicyonid (Mammalia, Carnivora) in Africa. Geodiversitas 31(4):775-787 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 195611: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.08.2018

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Bonisicyon illacabo n. gen. n. sp.
Bonisicyon illacabo n. gen. n. sp. Werdelin 2009 bear-dog