Argouburus minutus Marivaux et al. 2017 (scaly-tailed squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Anomaluridae

Full reference: L. Marivaux, S. Adnet, M. Benammi, R. Tabuce, and M. Benammi. 2017. Anomaluroid rodents from the earliest Oligocene of Dakhla, Morocco, reveal the long-lived and morphologically conservative pattern of the Anomaluridae and Nonanomaluridae during the Tertiary in Africa. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(7):539-569

Belongs to Argouburus according to L. Marivaux et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DAK-Arg-010, a tooth. Its type locality is Dakhla, El Argoub, U4 level C2, which is in an Oligocene estuary/bay conglomerate in the Samlat Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: arboreal browser-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Dakhla, El Argoub, U4 level C2

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