Kenyamyidae

Extinct family of rodents

Kenyamyidae
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Parvorder: Phiomorpha
Family: Kenyamyidae
Lavocat, 1973
Genera

Kenyamys
Simonimys

Kenyamyidae is an extinct family of rodents from Africa that lived in the Lower Miocene era.[1]

There are two genera in the family, Kenyamys and Simonymys, both described by Lavocat in 1973. There are two species of Kenyamys, K. mariae and K. williamsi. There is only one species of Simonymys, S. genovefae.

References

  1. ^ Lavocat, Rene (2013-10-01), "V: Rodentia and Lagomorpha", V: Rodentia and Lagomorpha, Harvard University Press, pp. 69–89, doi:10.4159/harvard.9780674431263.c6, ISBN 978-0-674-43126-3, retrieved 2023-10-11
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Prehistoric families in order Rodentia
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Mammalia
  • Infraclass: Eutheria
  • Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Sciuromorpha
CastorimorphaMyomorphaAnomaluromorpha
  • Parapedetidae
Hystricomorphaincertae sedis
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Taxon identifiers
Kenyamyidae


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