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Zenkerella (flightless scaly-tailed squirrel)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Anomaluridae

Taxonomy
Zenkerella was named by Matschie (1898). It is extant.

It was assigned to Anomaluridae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Zenkerellidae by Heritage et al. (2016); and to Zenkerellinae by Marivaux et al. (2017).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Zenkerella Matschie p. 23
1997Zenkerella McKenna and Bell
2016Zenkerella Heritage et al.
2017Zenkerella Marivaux et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentia
superfamilyAnomaluroideaGervais 1849
familyAnomaluridaeGill 1872
subfamilyZenkerellinaeMatschie 1898
genusZenkerellaMatschie 1898

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Zenkerella Matschie 1898 [flightless scaly-tailed squirrel]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: browserf
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:16:46
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: Langhian or 15.98000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Uganda Zenkerella wintoni (28293)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Kenya Zenkerella sp. (22069)