Shazurus minutus Sallam et al. 2010 (scaly-tailed squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Anomaluridae

Full reference: H. M. Sallam, E. R. Seiffert, and E. L. Simons. 2010. A highly derived anomalurid rodent (Mammalia) from the earliest Late Eocene of Egypt. Palaeontology 53(4):803-813

Belongs to Shazurus according to H. M. Sallam et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CGM 83701, a tooth (left [upper] M1). Its type locality is Birket Qarun 2, which is in a Priabonian channel sandstone in the Birket Qarun Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: arboreal browser-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Birket Qarun 2

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