Plio-Pleistocene aardvarks (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) from East Africa

Lehmann, Thomas

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“…The tooth is ovoid, decreasing in width distally, is only slightly longer than broad (c. 10 ×9 mm), and not at all bilobed. MLP‐1548 is distinctly smaller than the holotype of O. djourabensis Lehmann et al ., 2005, whose m3 is distinctly bilobed (Lehmann, 2008), but the outline of m3 is strongly variable in upper Miocene forms (Bonis et al ., 1994). Thus, the MLP mandible is too incomplete to allow assignment to either the living species O. afer or to the extinct O. crassidens (if the two forms are really distinct).…”

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Plio‐Pleistocene mammals from Mille‐Logya, Ethiopia, and the post‐Hadar faunal change

Geraads¹,

Reed

Barr

et al. 2021

J Quaternary Science

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We describe the non-primate mammalian fauna from the late Pliocene to earliest Pleistocene deposits of Mille-Logya in the Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia, dated to c. 2.9-2.4 Ma, and divided into three successive units: Gafura, Seraitu, and Uraitele. We identify 41 mammalian taxa (including rodents), the most diverse group being the Bovidae, with 17 taxa. While the Gafura assemblage still resembles those from the earlier Hadar Formation, the younger Seraitu assemblage documents a major turnover. While there is little change in the species present across this interval, the relative abundances of various taxa change dramatically, with suids being largely replaced by opencountry bovids (Alcelaphini and Antilopini). We interpret this faunal change as reflective of an environmental shift, contemporaneous with the replacement of Australopithecus afarensis by Homo in the area.

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Plio‐Pleistocene mammals from Mille‐Logya, Ethiopia, and the post‐Hadar faunal change

Geraads¹,

Reed

Barr

et al. 2021

J Quaternary Science

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“…Then, the three lower Pleistocene partial skeletons might actually be specifically separated. On the one hand, the fossil aardvarks from Rusinga and Kanjera belong to O. crassidens , whereas on the other hand the specimens from East Rudolf could belong to O. djourabensis , as suggested by Lehmann (2008b). The species O. crassidens would hence be known exclusively by its holotype and paratype.…”

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“…Main occurrences: Type locality, as well as possibly Ileret and Koobi Fora (Area 103) from the Koobi Fora region, east of the lake Turkana (Kenya) (see Lehmann, 2008b).…”

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Phylogeny and systematics of the Orycteropodidae (Mammalia, Tubulidentata)

Lehmann

2009

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

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The systematics of the order Tubulidentata is poorly known. Its phylogeny has never been thoroughly analysed and only a single review has ever been performed, which was over 30 years ago. This situation has hampered palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographical studies of these Neogene mammals. The present revision of the Orycteropodidae deals with the phylogeny and systematics of all African and Eurasian species over the last 20 Myr. The first comprehensive cladistic analysis of the family is presented here. The results of this analysis, based on 39 coded morphological characters, supplemented by non-coded features taken from all over the skeleton, was used to reconstruct the phylogeny of the order Tubulidentata. Two distinct lineages within the genus Orycteropus are recognized and characterized. The new genus Amphiorycteropus is subsequently created, in order to harmonize taxonomy and phylogeny. The fossil genera Leptorycteropus and Myorycteropus are validated, bringing the number of genera in the order Tubulidentata to four. Moreover, within the family Orycteropodidae, the number of confirmed species is now 14. The outcome of this study allows us to propose a consistent palaeobiogeographical scenario for aardvarks. Finally, this revision represents the most comprehensive work on the evolutionary history of the order Tubulidentata to date, and provides a new framework for future studies.

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Tubulidentata (Aardvark)

Buss¹,

Meyer²

2015

Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 8

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Plio-Pleistocene aardvarks (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) from East Africa

Cited by 6 publications

References 18 publications

Plio‐Pleistocene mammals from Mille‐Logya, Ethiopia, and the post‐Hadar faunal change

Plio‐Pleistocene mammals from Mille‐Logya, Ethiopia, and the post‐Hadar faunal change

Phylogeny and systematics of the Orycteropodidae (Mammalia, Tubulidentata)

Tubulidentata (Aardvark)

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