†Shazurus Sallam et al. 2010 (scaly-tailed squirrel)
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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
Parent taxon: Anomaluridae according to L. Marivaux et al. 2011
See also Sallam et al. 2010 and Sallam et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Anomalurinae, Argouburus, Eliwourus, Idiurinae, Nementchamys, Paranomalurus, Pondaungimys, Zenkerellinae
Subtaxa: Shazurus minutus
Type: Shazurus minutus
Ecology: arboreal browser-frugivore
Distribution: found only at Birket Qarun 2 (Eocene of Egypt)
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