Eliwourus

Eliwourus; Temporal range: Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Anomaluridae
Genus:	† Eliwourus
Species:	†E. topernawiensis
Binomial name
	†Eliwourus topernawiensis; Seiffert et. al., 2024

Last updated May 29, 2025

Eliwourus is an extinct genus of anomaluroid rodent that lived in Kenya during the Oligocene. A monotypic genus, it contains the species E. topernawiensis.^[1]

References

↑ Seiffert, Erik R.; Heritage, Steven; de Vries, Dorien; Sallam, Hesham M.; Vitek, Natasha S.; Aoron, Emmanuel; Princehouse, Patricia (17 July 2024). "Oldest record of a crown anomaluroid rodent from sub-Saharan Africa: a new genus and species from the early Oligocene Topernawi Formation of northern Kenya" . Historical Biology : 1–11. doi:10.1080/08912963.2024.2370015. ISSN 0891-2963 . Retrieved 14 December 2024– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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[1] Seiffert, Erik R.; Heritage, Steven; de Vries, Dorien; Sallam, Hesham M.; Vitek, Natasha S.; Aoron, Emmanuel; Princehouse, Patricia (17 July 2024). "Oldest record of a crown anomaluroid rodent from sub-Saharan Africa: a new genus and species from the early Oligocene Topernawi Formation of northern Kenya" . Historical Biology : 1–11. doi:10.1080/08912963.2024.2370015. ISSN 0891-2963 . Retrieved 14 December 2024– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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