Biology:Ekorus ekakeran

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Short description: Extinct species of carnivore

Ekorus
Temporal range: Late Miocene, Ma
Ekorus ekakeran.jpg
Ekorus ekakeran
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Ekorus
Werdelin, 2003
Species:
E. ekakeran
Binomial name
Ekorus ekakeran
Werdelin, 2003

Ekorus ekakeran is a large extinct mustelid that inhabited late Miocene Kenya.[1]


Fossils of large Miocene mustelids have also been discovered in North America,[2] Europe,[3] and Asia,[4] as well as other parts of Africa.[5]

References

  1. Howell F. C. & García N. 2007. — Carnivora (Mammalia) from Lemudong’o (late Miocene: Narok District, Kenya). Kirtlandia 56: 121-139.
  2. Berta, A.; Morgan, G.S. (1985). "A new sea otter (Carnivora: Mustelidae) from the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene (Hemphillian) of North America". Journal of Paleontology 59 (4): 809–819. 
  3. Willemsen, G.F. (1992). "A revision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Lutrinae from Europe". Geologica Scripta 101 (1): 1–115. https://www.repository.naturalis.nl/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx?=naturalis;type=simple;rgn1=scripta;q1=Scripta%20Geologica;lang=en;sort=year;cc=naturalis;view=reslist;fmt=long;page=reslist;size=1;start=171. Retrieved 21 June 2020. 
  4. Pickford, M. (2007). "Revision de los mamíferos bunodontos de tipo nutria del Mio-Plioceno del Subcontinente Indio". Estudios Geologicos 63 (1): 85–127. doi:10.3989/egeol.07631192. 
  5. Valenciano, A.; Govender, R. (June 2020). "New insights into the giant mustelids (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from Langebaanweg fossil site (West Coast Fossil Park, South Africa, early Pliocene)". PeerJ: 9221. https://peerj.com/articles/9221/. Retrieved 21 June 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2258308 entry