Remnants of an ancient forest provide ecological context for Early Miocene fossil apes

LA Michel, DJ Peppe, JA Lutz, SG Driese… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The lineage of apes and humans (Hominoidea) evolved and radiated across Afro-Arabia in
the early Neogene during a time of global climatic changes and ongoing tectonic processes …

Early Neogene environments in East Africa: Evidence from dental microwear of tragulids

PS Ungar, JR Scott, SC Curran, HM Dunsworth… - Palaeogeography …, 2012 - Elsevier
Environmental reconstructions of early Miocene sites are important for understanding the
remarkable diversity and abundance of African mammals today. These provide essential …

Giant dwarf crocodiles from the Miocene of Kenya and crocodylid faunal dynamics in the late Cenozoic of East Africa

CA Brochu, A de Celis, AJ Adams… - The Anatomical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We describe two new osteolaemine crocodylids from the Early and early Middle Miocene of
Kenya: Kinyang mabokoensis tax. nov.(Maboko, 15 Ma) and Kinyang tchernovi tax …

Ruminant mesowear reveals consistently browse-dominated diets throughout the early and middle Miocene of eastern Africa

AS Hall, S Cote - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2021 - Elsevier
The ecological preferences of ruminant artiodactyls are commonly used to reconstruct the
paleoenvironment of Neogene fossil localities throughout Africa. However, comparatively …

Evidence for rapid faunal change in the early Miocene of East Africa based on revised biostratigraphic and radiometric dating of Bukwa, Uganda

S Cote, J Kingston, A Deino, A Winkler, R Kityo… - Journal of Human …, 2018 - Elsevier
Field expeditions to Bukwa in the late 1960s and early 1970s established that the site had a
small but diverse early Miocene fauna, including the catarrhine primate Limnopithecus …

Sedimentological and palaeoenvironmental study from Waregi Hill in the Hiwegi Formation (early Miocene) on Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya

LA Michel, T Lehmann, KP Mcnulty, SG Driese… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Palaeontological deposits on Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya, provide a rich
record of floral and faunal evolution in the early Neogene of East Africa. Yet, despite a …

Reconstruction of the early Miocene critical zone at Loperot, southwestern Turkana, Kenya

CM Liutkus-Pierce, KK Takashita-Bynum… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Hominoidea (apes and, eventually, humans) and Cercopithecoidea (Old World
monkeys) diverged from a common ancestor during the late Oligocene (~ 25 Ma) in East …

Ecological dynamic equilibrium in an early Miocene (21.73 Ma) forest, Ethiopia

ED Currano, BF Jacobs, RT Bush, A Novello… - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Miocene paleoecology of East Africa has implications for human origins and
understanding the vicariant legacy forests found today on either side of the East African Rift …

New specimens of 'Crocodylus' pigotti (Crocodylidae) from Rusinga Island, Kenya, and generic reallocation of the species

JL Conrad, K Jenkins, T Lehmann… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT 'Crocodylus' pigotti is a relatively small crocodylid from the Miocene of Rusinga
Island in Lake Victoria, Kenya. Known only from one relatively complete skull and limited …

[HTML][HTML] A morphotype catalog and paleoenvironmental interpretations of early Miocene fossil leaves from the Hiwegi Formation, Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya

DP Maxbauer, DJ Peppe, M Bamford, KP McNulty… - 2013 - palaeo-electronica.org
ABSTRACT Early Miocene deposits on Rusinga Island (Lake Victoria, Kenya) contain an
abundance of faunal and floral remains. Despite the attention that has historically been …