Anagalidae is an extinct family of mammals closely related to rodents and lagomorphs. Members of the family are known from Paleocene to Oligocene deposits in China and Mongolia.[1][2]
Anagalidae | |
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Life restoration of Anagale gobiensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Anagaloidea |
Family: | †Anagalidae Simpson, 1931 |
Genera
editThe family contains the following genera:[1]
References
edit- ^ a b López-Torres, S.; Fostowicz-Frelik, Ł. (2018). "A new Eocene anagalid (Mammalia: Euarchontoglires) from Mongolia and its implications for the group's phylogeny and dispersal". Scientific Reports. 8 (1): 13955. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-32086-x. PMC 6141491.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Anagalidae". fossilworks.org.