Bathyergoides
Bathyergoides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Parvorder: | Phiomorpha |
Family: | †Bathyergoididae Lavocat, 1973 |
Genus: | †Bathyergoides Stromer 1923 |
Species | |
B. neotertiarius (type) |
Bathyergoides is an extinct genus of rodent from Africa thought to be related to the modern blesmols. It is the only member of the family Bathyergoididae.[citation needed] Fossils of Bathyergoides neotertiarius were recovered from the Early Miocene Elisabeth Bay Formation of Namibia.[1]
References[]
- ^ Pickford, 2018, p.88
Bibliography[]
- Tenrecoid mandible from Elisabethfeld (Early Miocene) Namibia. Communications of the 18. 87–92. Accessed 2018-08-26. . 2018.
Categories:
- Hystricognath rodents
- Prehistoric rodent genera
- Miocene rodents
- Miocene mammals of Africa
- Fossils of Namibia
- Fossil taxa described in 1923
- Taxa named by Ernst Stromer
- Prehistoric rodent stubs