Nementchamys Jaegar et al. 1985 (scaly-tailed squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Anomaluridae

Full reference: J.-J. Jaegar, C. Denys, and B. Coiffart. 1985. New Phiomorpha and Anomaluridae from the late Eocene of north-west Africa: phylogenetic implications. Evolutionary Relationships among Rodents: A Multidisciplinary Analysis 567-588

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

See also Jaegar et al. 1985, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Sallam et al. 2010

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

Subtaxa: Nementchamys lavocati

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Type: Nementchamys lavocati

Ecology: arboreal browser-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Bir El Ater (Eocene to Eocene of Algeria)

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