†Kenyasus namaquensis Pickford and Senut 1997 (pig)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae
Full reference: M. Pickford and B. Senut. 1997. Cainozoic mammals from coastal Namaqualand, South Africa. Paleontologia Africana 34:199-217
Belongs to Kenyasus according to L. C. Bishop 2010
See also Pickford 2007 and Pickford and Senut 1997
Sister taxa: Kenyasus kirimunensis, Kenyasus rusingensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Avontuur Mine, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in South Africa
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (1 collection), South Africa (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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