Creodonts and carnivores from the Middle Miocene Muruyur Formation, Kipsaraman and Cheparawa, Baringo District, Kenya.

J. Morales (1) , Martin Pickford (2)

1 IAGPDS - Instituto Andaluz de Geofísica y Prevención de Desastres Sísmicos [Granada]
2 CR2P - Centre de recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements

The Middle Miocene Muruyur Formation (ca 14.5 Ma), Tugen Hills, Kenya, has yielded a huge creodont and a variety of carnivores ranging in size from mongoose-sized viverrids and herpestids to lion-sized amphicyonids. The fauna partly fills what used to be a major gap in our knowledge of Neogene African carnivores, spanning the period between the better known Early Miocene assemblages of western Kenya and eastern Uganda, and the Late Miocene and Plio–Pleistocene faunas of East Africa. Present in the deposits are Megistotherium, two species of Hecubides, one species of Agnotherium, Herpestes, Vishnuictis, and one or two undetermined felids.

Domaines: Paléontologie

J. Morales, Martin Pickford. Creodonts and carnivores from the Middle Miocene Muruyur Formation, Kipsaraman and Cheparawa, Baringo District, Kenya.. Comptes Rendus. Palevol, 2009, 7 (8), pp.487-497. ⟨10.1016/j.crpv.2008.09.011⟩. ⟨hal-00630531⟩