New specimens of a primitive hippopotamus, Kenyapotamus coryndonae, from the Upper Miocene Nakali Formation, Kenya

New dental and astragalar specimens of a primitive hippopotamus, Kenyapotamus coryndonae (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla, Hippopotamidae, Kenyapotaminae) from the lower Upper Miocene Nakali Formation at the Nakali locality, central Kenya, are described and illustrated. The new specimens increase the know...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chishitsugaku zasshi 2015/04/15, Vol.121(4), pp.153-159
Hauptverfasser: Tsubamoto, Takehisa, Yutaka, Kunimatsu, Nakaya, Hideo, Sakai, Tetsuya, Saneyoshi, Mototaka, Mbua, Emma, Nakatsukasa, Masato
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Zusammenfassung:New dental and astragalar specimens of a primitive hippopotamus, Kenyapotamus coryndonae (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla, Hippopotamidae, Kenyapotaminae) from the lower Upper Miocene Nakali Formation at the Nakali locality, central Kenya, are described and illustrated. The new specimens increase the known morphological and size variations of the dentition and astragalus in this primitive hippopotamid species, which is important to understand the origin and early evolution of the Hippopotamidae.
ISSN:0016-7630
1349-9963
DOI:10.5575/geosoc.2015.0004