Paranomalurus
Appearance
| Paranomalurus Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Anomaluridae |
| Genus: | †Paranomalurus Lavocat, 1973 |
| Type species | |
| Paranomalurus bishopi Lavocat, 1973 | |
| Other species | |
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Paranomalurus is an extinct genus of anomalurid rodent that lived in Africa during the Oligocene and Miocene epochs.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The specific epithet of the species Paranomalurus riodeoroensis refers to Rio de Oro.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Paranomalurus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ Marivaux, Laurent; Adnet, Sylvain; Benammi, Mohamed; Tabuce, Rodolphe; Benammi, Mouloud (3 July 2017). "Anomaluroid rodents from the earliest Oligocene of Dakhla, Morocco, reveal the long-lived and morphologically conservative pattern of the Anomaluridae and Nonanomaluridae during the Tertiary in Africa". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 15 (7): 539–569. doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1206977. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 14 August 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.