Pondaungimys Dawson et al. 2003 (scaly-tailed squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Anomaluridae

Full reference: M. R. Dawson, T. Tsubamoto, M. Takai, N. Egi, S. T. Tun and C. Sein. 2003. Rodents of the family Anomaluridae (Mammalia) from Southeast Asia (Middle Eocene, Pondaung Formation, Myanmar). Annals of Carnegie Museum 72(3):203-213

Parent taxon: Anomaluridae according to H. M. Sallam et al. 2010

See also Dawson et al. 2003, Marivaux et al. 2005 and Sallam et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Anomalurinae, Argouburus, Idiurinae, Nementchamys, Paranomalurus, Shazurus, Zenkerellinae

Subtaxa: Pondaungimys anomaluropsis

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Type: Pondaungimys anomaluropsis

Ecology: arboreal browser-frugivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Myanmar (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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