Paranomalurus Lavocat 1973 (scaly-tailed squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Anomaluridae

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

See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Sallam et al. 2010

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

Subtaxa: Paranomalurus riodeoroensis

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Ecology: arboreal browser-frugivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Kenya (4 collections)

• Oligocene of Kenya (1), Morocco (2)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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