Biology:Ekorus ekakeran
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Short description: Extinct species of carnivore
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Genus: | †Ekorus Werdelin, 2003 |
| Species: | †E. ekakeran
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| †Ekorus ekakeran Werdelin, 2003
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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
- ↑ Howell F. C. & García N. 2007. — Carnivora (Mammalia) from Lemudong’o (late Miocene: Narok District, Kenya). Kirtlandia 56: 121-139.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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
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