Bathyergoides

Bathyergoides
Temporal range: Early Miocene
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Parvorder: Phiomorpha
Family: †Bathyergoididae
Lavocat, 1973
Genus: †Bathyergoides
Stromer 1926[1]
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. Fossils of Bathyergoides neotertiarius were recovered from the Early Miocene Elisabeth Bay Formation of Namibia.[2]

References

  1. ^ E. Stromer 1926. "Reste Land- und Süsswasser bewohnender Wirbeltiere aus den Diamantfeldern Deutsch Südwestafrica". In: E. Kaiser (ed.), Die Diamantenwüste Südwest- Afrikas. 2: 139-141.
  2. ^ Pickford, 2018, p. 88

Bibliography

  • Pickford, Martin (2018). "Tenrecoid mandible from Elisabethfeld (Early Miocene) Namibia" (PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 18: 87–92. Retrieved 2018-08-26.


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