Additional specimens of Diceros (Perissodactyla,Rhinocerotidae) from the Upper Miocene Nakali Formation in Nakali,central Kenya |
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| Authors: | Naoto Handa Masato Nakatsukasa Yutaka Kunimatsu Hideo Nakaya |
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| Institution: | 1. Museum of Osaka University, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan;2. Laboratory of Physical Anthropology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan;3. Faculty of Business Administration, Ryukoku University, Fushimi-ku, Japan;4. Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan |
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| Abstract: | An upper incisor and upper and lower cheek teeth of Rhinocerotidae from the Upper Miocene of Nakali in central Kenya are described. Those specimens are identified as Diceros sp. The present study confirms the presence of Diceros in sub-Saharan East Africa during Vallesian as noted by several studies. The present result and the fossil records of Diceros in Africa and Eurasia suggest that Diceros might have migrated to Eurasia from Africa by Vallesian, although more fossil records and detailed phylogenetic analysis of Diceros are needed to discuss this hypothesis. |
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| Keywords: | Diceros Kenya Late Miocene Nakali Rhinocerotidae Samburu Hills |
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