Biology:Bathyergoides

Short description: Extinct genus of rodents

Bathyergoides Temporal range: Early Miocene ~21 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Parvorder:	Phiomorpha
Family:	†Bathyergoididae Lavocat, 1973
Genus:	†Bathyergoides Stromer 1923
Species
B. neotertiarius (type)

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. Fossils of Bathyergoides neotertiarius were recovered from the Early Miocene Elisabeth Bay Formation of Namibia.

References

Bibliography

• Pickford, Martin (2018). "Tenrecoid mandible from Elisabethfeld (Early Miocene) Namibia". Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 18: 87–92. http://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/5bf_Pickford2018_Tenrecoid%20mandible%20from%20the%20Sperrgebiet.pdf. Retrieved 2018-08-26. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4869178 entry