Family Anomaluridae Gill 1872 (scaly-tailed squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Anomaluridae

Parent taxon: Anomaluromorphi according to G. D’Elía et al. 2019

See also Carroll 1988, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gadow 1898, Heritage et al. 2016, Jaekel 1911, Montgelard et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Sallam et al. 2010 and Sallam et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Pedetidae, Zenkerellidae

Subtaxa: Anomalurinae Argouburus Eliwourus Idiurinae Nementchamys Paranomalurus Pondaungimys Shazurus

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Ecology: arboreal browser-frugivore

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1 collection)

• Miocene of Kenya (7)

• Oligocene of Kenya (2), Morocco (2), Oman (2)

• Eocene of Algeria (1), Egypt (1), Myanmar (3)

Total: 19 collections including 21 occurrences

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