Subfamily Anomalurinae Heritage et al. 2016 (scaly-tailed squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Anomaluridae

Full reference: S. Heritage, D. Fernández, H. M. Sallam, D. T. Cronin, J. M. Esara Echube and E. R. Seiffert. 2016. Ancient phylogenetic divergence of the enigmatic African rodent Zenkerella and the origin of anomalurid gliding. PeerJ 4:e2320:1-19

Parent taxon: Anomaluridae according to S. Heritage et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Argouburus, Eliwourus, Idiurinae, Nementchamys, Paranomalurus, Pondaungimys, Shazurus, Zenkerellinae

Subtaxa: Anomalurus

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Ecology: arboreal browser-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Kipsaramon - K089C (Miocene of Kenya)

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