Eliwourus
| Eliwourus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Anomaluridae |
| Genus: | †Eliwourus Seiffert et al., 2024 |
| Species: | †E. topernawiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eliwourus topernawiensis Seiffert et al., 2024 | |
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.