Koru (Miocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 539, Koru,

Where: Kenya (0.2° S, 35.3° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 32.9° E)

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: 0

Environment/lithology:

• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0

Collection methods: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 104, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: W. W. Bishop and J. D. Clark. 1965. Background to Evolution in Africa. University of Chicago Press, Chicago [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21721: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.08.1995, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus sp.1 Geoffroy 1791 aardvark
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Hecubides euryodon2 Savage 1965 bear-dog
 Creodonta -
Teratodon spekei n. gen. n. sp.2
Teratodon spekei n. gen. n. sp.2 Savage 1965 creodont