Bathyergoides

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]

Bathyergoides Temporal range: Early Miocene ~21 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Parvorder:	Phiomorpha
Family:	†Bathyergoididae Lavocat, 1973
Genus:	†Bathyergoides Stromer 1926[1]
Species
B. neotertiarius (type)