Rukwasengi
| Rukwasengi Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | †Myohyracidae |
| Genus: | †Rukwasengi Stevens et. al., 2021 |
| Species: | †R. butleri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Rukwasengi butleri Stevens et. al., 2021 | |
Rukwasengi is an extinct genus of myohyracine that inhabited Tanzania during the Oligocene epoch. It contains a single species, Rukwasengi butleri.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Stevens, Nancy J.; O’Connor, Patrick M.; Mtelela, Cassy; Roberts, Eric M. (3 April 2022). "Macroscelideans (Myohyracinae and Rhynchocyoninae) from the late Oligocene Nsungwe formation of the Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania". Historical Biology. 34 (4): 604–610. Bibcode:2022HBio...34..604S. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1938565. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 13 October 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
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