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Zenkerella (flightless scaly-tailed squirrel)
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).
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
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1898 | Zenkerella Matschie p. 23 |
| 1997 | Zenkerella McKenna and Bell |
| 2016 | Zenkerella Heritage et al. |
| 2017 | Zenkerella Marivaux et al. |
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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
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| 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 |
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| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Uganda | Zenkerella wintoni (28293) | |
| Langhian | Kenya | Zenkerella sp. (22069) |