- were
filled by
various groups of
afrotheres via the
process of
convergent evolution. The
small insectivorous afrotheres such as
elephant shrews, golden...
-
similar to a pig's snout,
which is used to
sniff out food. They are
afrotheres, a
clade that also
includes elephants, manatees, and hyraxes. They are...
- This is a list of
herbivorous animals,
organized in a
roughly taxonomic manner. In general,
entries consist of
animal species known with good certainty...
-
temperatures like
those of
modern therians. Likewise, some
modern therians like
afrotheres and
xenarthrans have
secondarily developed lower body temperatures. The...
- have
migrated to
Africa from Europe,
where they
competed with the
native afrothere herbivores for the same niches. Of the
nearly 50
genera that have existed...
- The
Shungura Formation is a
stratigraphic formation located in the Omo
river basin in Ethiopia. It
dates to the Late
Pliocene to
Early Pleistocene. Oldowan...
- The
Birket Qarun Formation is an
Eocene aged
formation in Egypt. It is part of the
famous Wadi al Hitan.
Notable fossils include the
ancient whales Basilosaurus...
- moles, tenrecs, and
otter shrews to be
unrelated to the
others (these
afrothere groups were then put in
their own order, Afrosoricida). This made Lipotyphla...
-
Afrotheres Genus Species Presence Stratigraphic member Material Notes Images Archaeosiren A.
stromeri Westlich von Dimeh, Fayum. A
skull &
isolated thoracic...
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Afrotheres from the
Khouribga Phosphates Genus Species Location Time
Material Notes Images Abdounodus A.
hamdii Thanetian-Ypresian A
lower jaw. An early...
