Nguruwe kijivium ( WILKINSON , 1976)

Pickford, Martin, Abdel Gawad, Mohamed, Hamdan, Mohamed, El-Barkooky, Ahmed N. & Al Riaydh, Mohammed H., 2021, New Suoid Fossils (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) From The Miocene Of Moghara, Egypt, And Gebel Zelten, Libya: Biochronological Implications, Fossil Imprint 77 (1), pp. 111-125 : 113-114

Nguruwe kijivium ( WILKINSON, 1976)

H o l o t y p e. UM NAP I’64, left maxilla fragment with

M1/–M3/ ( Wilkinson 1976: pl. 2, fig. g).

D i a g n o s i s. As for the genus; length m/1–m/3 ca. 43 mm, M1/–M3/ ca. 42 mm (from Pickford and Tsujikawa 2019). Larger than Nguruwe namibensis ( Pickford 1986) .

T y p e l o c a l i t y a n d a g e. Napak I, Uganda, early

Miocene (East African Faunal Set I), ca. 19–20 Ma.

D e s c r i p t i o n. The m/3 of Nguruwe kijivium from Moghara (CUWM 68) was described by Pickford et al. (2010) under the field number WM DEC06−10. It is reillustrated in stereo for convenience ( Text-fig. 10 ).

D i s c u s s i o n. No new fossils of Nguruwe kijivium have been found at Moghara. This species is known to span the period ca. 20 Ma (Napak, Uganda – Pickford and Tsujikawa 2019) to ca. 17.5 Ma (Arrisdrift, Namibia – Pickford 1995).

Figures

Text-fig. 10. CUWM 68, left m/3 of Nguruwe kijivium from Moghara, Egypt.