Orycteropus abundulafus
Orycteropus abundulafus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Tubulidentata |
Family: | Orycteropodidae |
Genus: | Orycteropus |
Species: | †O. abundulafus
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Binomial name | |
†Orycteropus abundulafus Lehmann, Vignaud, Likius & Brunet, 2005
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Orycteropus abundulafus is an extinct species of aardvark.[1] Its fossil was found in northern Chad. It lived in the Mio-Pliocene epochs.
References[]
- ^ Lehmann, Thomas; Vignaud, Patrick; Likius, Andossa; Brunet, Michel (2005). "A new species of Orycteropodidae (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) in the Mio-Pliocene of northern Chad". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (1): 109–131. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00143.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
Categories:
- Orycteropus
- Neogene mammals of Africa
- Fossil taxa described in 2005
- Prehistoric afrotherian stubs