Eliwourus

Eliwourus
Temporal range: Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Anomaluridae
Genus: †Eliwourus
Species:
†E. topernawiensis
Binomial name
†Eliwourus topernawiensis
Seiffert et. al., 2024

Eliwourus is an extinct genus of anomaluroid rodent that lived in Kenya during the Oligocene. A monotypic genus, it contains the species E. topernawiensis.[1]

References

  1. ^ Seiffert, Erik R.; Heritage, Steven; de Vries, Dorien; Sallam, Hesham M.; Vitek, Natasha S.; Aoron, Emmanuel; Princehouse, Patricia (17 July 2024). "Oldest record of a crown anomaluroid rodent from sub-Saharan Africa: a new genus and species from the early Oligocene Topernawi Formation of northern Kenya". Historical Biology: 1–11. doi:10.1080/08912963.2024.2370015. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 14 December 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.