Biology:Jinomrefu

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Short description: Extinct genus of barbourofelid

Jinomrefu
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Barbourofelidae
Tribe: Afrosmilini
Genus: Jinomrefu
Friscia, Macharwas, Muteti, Ndiritu & Rasmussen, 2020
Type species
Jinomrefu lakwanza
Friscia, Macharwas, Muteti, Ndiritu & Rasmussen, 2020

Jinomrefu is a fossil genus of barbourofelid containing a single species Jinomrefu lakwanza. It was described in 2020 based on fossils from the Paleogene-Neogene boundary locality at Nakwai, Kenya.[1]

References

  1. Friscia, Anthony R.; Macharwas, Mathew; Muteti, Samuel; Ndiritu, Francis; Tab Rasmussen, D. (2020). "A Transitional Mammalian Carnivore Community from the Paleogene–Neogene Boundary in Northern Kenya". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40 (5): e1833895. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1833895. Bibcode2020JVPal..40E3895F. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2020.1833895. 

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