Bathyergoides

Bathyergoides Temporal range: Early Miocene ~21  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Parvorder:	Phiomorpha
Family:	† Bathyergoididae Lavocat, 1973
Genus:	† Bathyergoides Stromer 1926 [1]
Species
B. neotertiarius (type)

Bathyergoides is an extinct genus of rodent from Africa thought to be related to the modern blesmols. It is the only member of the family Bathyergoididae.^{[ citation needed ]} Fossils of Bathyergoides neotertiarius were recovered from the Early Miocene Elisabeth Bay Formation of Namibia. ^[2]

References

• Paleontology portal
• Prehistoric mammals portal

1. E. Stromer 1926. "Reste Land- und Süsswasser bewohnender Wirbeltiere aus den Diamantfeldern Deutsch Südwestafrica". In: E. Kaiser (ed.), Die Diamantenwüste Südwest- Afrikas. 2: 139-141.
2. Pickford, 2018, p. 88

Bibliography

• Pickford, Martin (2018). "Tenrecoid mandible from Elisabethfeld (Early Miocene) Namibia" (PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 18: 87–92. Retrieved 2018-08-26.