Eliwourus
Appearance
Eliwourus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Anomaluridae |
Genus: | †Eliwourus |
Species: | †E. topernawiensis
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Binomial name | |
†Eliwourus topernawiensis Seiffert et. al., 2024
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Eliwourus is an extinct genus of anomaluroid rodent that lived in Kenya during the Oligocene. A monotypic genus, it contains the species E. topernawiensis.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Seiffert, Erik R.; Heritage, Steven; de Vries, Dorien; Sallam, Hesham M.; Vitek, Natasha S.; Aoron, Emmanuel; Princehouse, Patricia (17 July 2024). "Oldest record of a crown anomaluroid rodent from sub-Saharan Africa: a new genus and species from the early Oligocene Topernawi Formation of northern Kenya". Historical Biology: 1–11. doi:10.1080/08912963.2024.2370015. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 14 December 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.