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PV M 15003

Classification
Scientific name: Aonyx capensis (Schinz, 1821)
Author: (Schinz, 1821)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Aonyx
Species: capensis
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Carnivora; Mustelidae
Location
Locality: Elmenteita district; Gamble's Cave II, Miti Mingi farm, Gamble's Cave II, Miti Mingi farm
State province: Nakuru
Country: Kenya
Continent: Africa
Higher geography: Africa; Kenya; Nakuru; Gilgil
Decimal latitude: -0.550
Decimal longitude: 36.083
Verbatim latitude: 00 33 00 S
Verbatim longitude: 036 05 00 E
Collection event
Recorded by: Louis S. Leakey
Collection date: 1929
Identification
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Aonyx capensis (Schinz, 1821)
Specimen
Catalogue number: PV M 15003
Collection code: PAL ( Palaeontology)
Sub department: ES Mammals
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:2364586
Catalogue description: Right maxilla fragment with P4 and M1
Stratigraphy
Earliest eon/lowest eonothem: Phanerozoic
Latest eon/highest eonothem: Phanerozoic
Earliest era/lowest erathem: Cenozoic
Latest era/highest erathem: Cenozoic
Earliest period/lowest system: Quaternary
Latest period/highest system: Quaternary
Earliest epoch/lowest series: Pleistocene
Latest epoch/highest series: Pleistocene
Chronostratigraphy: Quaternary, Pleistocene
Record
Occurrence ID: 345e4e1e-13cb-4ea6-9e6f-3a8042a6116c
Modified: 2021-02-04T11:34:48+00:00
Created: 2012-03-13T16:51:28+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2012-03-13T16:51:28+00:00
Last updated 2021-02-04T11:34:48+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb