Kanapoi Bat Site (Pliocene of Kenya)

Where: Turkana District, Kenya (2.4° N, 36.1° E: paleocoordinates 2.2° N, 35.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Kanapoi Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• in horizon located below the Upper Pumiceous Tuff, age estimated as >4.147 and <4.195 Ma

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• may represent predator assemblages or passive fluvial deposition

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: G. F. Gunnell and F. K. Manthi. 2018. Pliocene bats (Chiroptera) from Kanapoi, Turkana Basin, Kenya. Journal of Human Evolution 1-10 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198274: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 13.12.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Pteropodidae
Eidolon cf. dupreanum, Rousettus pattersoni n. sp.
Rousettus pattersoni n. sp. Gunnell and Manthi 2018 rousette
 Chiroptera - Emballonuridae
Saccolaimus sp.
Saccolaimus sp. Temminck 1838 sac-winged bat
 Chiroptera - Molossidae
Mops turkwellensis n. sp., Mops kerio n. sp.
Mops turkwellensis n. sp. Gunnell and Manthi 2018 greater mastiff bat
Mops kerio n. sp. Gunnell and Manthi 2018 greater mastiff bat