Rukwasengi

Rukwasengi
Temporal range: Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Macroscelidea
Family: †Myohyracidae
Genus: †Rukwasengi
Stevens et. al., 2021
Species:
†R. butleri
Binomial name
†Rukwasengi butleri
Stevens et. al., 2021

Rukwasengi is an extinct genus of myohyracine that inhabited Tanzania during the Oligocene epoch. It contains a single species, Rukwasengi butleri.[1]

References

  1. ^ Stevens, Nancy J.; O’Connor, Patrick M.; Mtelela, Cassy; Roberts, Eric M. (3 April 2022). "Macroscelideans (Myohyracinae and Rhynchocyoninae) from the late Oligocene Nsungwe formation of the Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania". Historical Biology. 34 (4): 604–610. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1938565. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 13 October 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.


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