Bathyergoides

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Bathyergoides
Temporal range: Early Miocene
~21 Ma
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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.[citation needed] Fossils of Bathyergoides neotertiarius were recovered from the Early Miocene Elisabeth Bay Formation of Namibia.[2]

References

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  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

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  • 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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