Shazurus 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

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

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Type: Shazurus minutus

Ecology: arboreal browser-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Birket Qarun 2 (Eocene of Egypt)

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