Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae

Full reference: M. Pickford. 1975. New fossil Orycteropodidae (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) from East Africa. Orycteropus minutus sp. nov. and Orycteropus chemeldoi sp. nov. Netherlands Journal of Zoology 25(1):57-88

Belongs to Orycteropus according to M. Pickford 1975

Sister taxa: Orycteropus abundulafus, Orycteropus afer, Orycteropus africanus, Orycteropus browni, Orycteropus crassidens, Orycteropus depereti, Orycteropus djourabensis, Orycteropus erikssoni, Orycteropus gaudryi, Orycteropus leptodon, Orycteropus mauritanicus, Orycteropus minutus, Orycteropus pilgrimi, Orycteropus pottieri

Type specimen: KNM BN 544, a mandible (left mandibular ramus with P2-M3)

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore