Bathyergoides
Extinct genus of rodents / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Bathyergoides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Parvorder: | Phiomorpha |
Family: | †Bathyergoididae Lavocat, 1973 |
Genus: | †Bathyergoides Stromer 1923 |
Species | |
B. neotertiarius (type) |
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