A new species of Plesiogulo (Mustelidae: Carnivora) from the Late Miocene of Africa
A new species of Plesiogulo (Mustelidae: Carnivora) from the Late Miocene of Africa
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非洲晚中新世的 Plesiogulo 新种（鼬科：食肉目）
作者：
Y. Haile;L. Hlusko;F. Howell
新种(Plesiogulo botori sp.)11月)产自东非5.5-6.0 Ma的矿床。这种新的化石材料来自两个地方：肯尼亚南部的Lemudong‘o和埃塞俄比亚阿法尔凹陷的Adu Dora。这一新物种比所有已知的东半球Plesiogulo物种都要大，并扩大了该属在非洲的时空范围。Plesiogulo botori sp.11月记载了该属在整个非洲最早的发现，以及在东非晚中新世沉积中发现的第一个证据。在发现该物种的两个地方都有相关的哺乳动物动物群，这表明该属是一个封闭的/树木繁茂的栖息地。该属在欧洲、亚洲和新大陆的其他发现表明，Plesiogulo属在上第三纪地理上广泛分布。
A new species of Plesiogulo (Plesiogulo botori sp. nov.) is described from 5.5–6.0 Ma deposits in East Africa. This new fossil material comes from two localities: Lemudong’o in southern Kenya, and Adu Dora, in the Afar Depression of Ethiopia. The new mustelid species is larger than all known Old World Plesiogulo species and extends the temporal and spatial range of the genus in Africa. Plesiogulo botori sp. nov. documents the earliest occurrence of the genus in Africa in general and the first evidence of its occurrence in late Miocene deposits of eastern Africa. Associated mammalian fauna at both localities where the species has been found indicate a closed/wooded habitat for the genus. This and other occurrences of the genus across Europe, Asia, and the New World indicate that the genus Plesiogulo was geographically widely dispersed during the upper Tertiary.