Mlanyama

Mlanyama; Temporal range: 24.0–20.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ late Oligocene to early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	† Hyaenodonta
Superfamily:	† Hyainailouroidea
Family:	† Hyainailouridae
Subfamily:	† Hyainailourinae
Genus:	† Mlanyama ; Rasmussen & Gutierrez, 2009
Type species
	†Mlanyama sugu; Rasmussen & Gutierrez, 2009

Last updated August 15, 2025

Mlanyama ("carnivore") is an extinct genus of hyainailourid hyaenodont mammal of the subfamily Hyainailourinae, that lived from the Late Oligocene to early Miocene in northwestern Kenya (found at Benson's Site).^[1]

References

↑ Rasmussen, D. Tab; Gutierrez, Mercedes (13 May 2009). "A Mammalian Fauna from the Late Oligocene of Northwestern Kenya" . Palaeontographica Abteilung A . 288 (1–3): 1–52. doi:10.1127/pala/288/2009/1. ISSN 0375-0442 . Retrieved 18 February 2025.

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[1] Rasmussen, D. Tab; Gutierrez, Mercedes (13 May 2009). "A Mammalian Fauna from the Late Oligocene of Northwestern Kenya" . Palaeontographica Abteilung A . 288 (1–3): 1–52. doi:10.1127/pala/288/2009/1. ISSN 0375-0442 . Retrieved 18 February 2025.

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