PARADOXURINAE Gray, 1864
Middle Miocene Carnivora and Hyaenodonta from Fort Ternan, western Kenya
Werdelin, Lars
Geodiversitas
2019
2019-03-21
41
6
267
283
626SP
9673
Gray, 1821
Gray
1821
[365,624,567,595]
Mammalia
Viverridae
Animalia
Carnivora
9
274
Chordata
family
Subfamily PARADOXURINAE Gray, 1864
REMARK The Fort Ternan collection includes two or three taxa that can be assigned to Paradoxurinae. Exactly how the material is to be assigned between these putative taxa is a complicated issue. There is great morphological variability despite the small sample, and most specimens are isolated teeth. Comparisons with other taxa are also difficult, because these are either separated by a large temporal gap, or by considerable geographic distance, or both. Hence, some of the identifications below may be subject to revision in the future, as more material of small middle Miocene carnivorans becomes available.