- Title Pages
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Series Preface
- [UNTITLED]
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Stratigraphy of the Adu-Asa Formation
- 3 Volcanic Record of the Adu-Asa Formation
- 4 Geochronology
- 5 Small Mammals
- 6 Cercopithecidae
- 7 Hominidae
- 8 Carnivora
- 9 Bovidae
- 10 Suidae
- 11 Hippopotamidae
- 12 Giraffi dae
- 13 Equidae
- 14 Rhinocerotidae
- 15 Proboscidea
- 16 Tubulidentata
- 17 Paleoenvironment
- 18 Paleobiogeography
- 19 Biochronology, Faunal Turnover, and Evolution
- 20 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Tubulidentata
Tubulidentata
- Chapter:
- (p.517) 16 Tubulidentata
- Source:
- Ardipithecus kadabba
- Author(s):
Thomas Lehmann
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
Tubulidentata is currently represented by a single extant species—Orycteropus afer, the aardvark. They are the largest African anteaters. This chapter focuses on the identification and description of these aardvark specimens found in the Middle Awash late Miocene. Their importance for improving our knowledge of the order Tubulidentata is also discussed.
Keywords: Tubulidentata, Orycteropus afer, aardvark, Middle Awash, Miocene
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- Title Pages
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Series Preface
- [UNTITLED]
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Stratigraphy of the Adu-Asa Formation
- 3 Volcanic Record of the Adu-Asa Formation
- 4 Geochronology
- 5 Small Mammals
- 6 Cercopithecidae
- 7 Hominidae
- 8 Carnivora
- 9 Bovidae
- 10 Suidae
- 11 Hippopotamidae
- 12 Giraffi dae
- 13 Equidae
- 14 Rhinocerotidae
- 15 Proboscidea
- 16 Tubulidentata
- 17 Paleoenvironment
- 18 Paleobiogeography
- 19 Biochronology, Faunal Turnover, and Evolution
- 20 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index