Bathyergoides
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.[1]
| Bathyergoides Temporal range: Early Miocene ~ | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Parvorder: | Phiomorpha |
| Family: | †Bathyergoididae Lavocat, 1973 |
| Genus: | †Bathyergoides Stromer 1923 |
| Species | |
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B. neotertiarius (type) | |
References
- 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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