Rusingapedetes

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Rusingapedetes
Temporal range: Early Miocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Pedetidae
Genus: Rusingapedetes
Species:
R. tsujikawai
Binomial name
Rusingapedetes tsujikawai
Pickford & Mein, 2011

Rusingapedetes is an extinct genus of pedetid that lived during the Neogene period.

Distribution

Rusingapedetes tsujikawai is known from Early Miocene deposits in Kenya. [1]

References

  1. Pickford, Martin; Mein, P. (30 December 2011). "Nuevos Pedetidae (Rodentia: Mammalia) del Mio-Plioceno de Africa". Estudios Geológicos . 67 (2): 455–469. doi:10.3989/egeol.40714.202. ISSN   1988-3250 . Retrieved 21 February 2025.