Biology:Bathyergoides

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Short description: Extinct genus of rodents

Bathyergoides
Temporal range: Early Miocene
~21 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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

  1. Pickford, 2018, p. 88

Bibliography

Wikidata ☰ Q4869178 entry