Rusinga Island, Pleistocene (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Where: Kenya (0.4° S, 34.2° E: paleocoordinates 0.5° S, 34.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: T. Lehmann. 2008. Plio-Pleistocene aardvarks (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) from East Africa. Fossil Record 11(2):67-81 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96048: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.05.2010

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus crassidens n. sp. MacInnes 1955 aardvark