†Myohyrax oswaldi Andrews 1914 (elephant shrew)
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Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Myohyracidae
Full reference: C. W. Andrews. 1914. Appendix II. On the Lower Miocene Vertebrates from British East Africa, collected by Dr. Felix Oswald. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 70(1-4):163-186
Belongs to Myohyrax according to C. W. Andrews 1914
See also Butler 1984
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Karungu, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Kenya
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (1 collection), Namibia (1), Uganda (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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