Anagalidae
Appearance
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 |
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]
Genera
[edit]The family contains the following genera:[1]
- †Anagale
- †Anagalopsis
- †Anaptogale
- †Chianshania
- †Diacronus
- †Eosigale
- †Hsiuannania
- †Huaiyangale
- †Interogale
- †Linnania
- †Qipania
- †Stenanagale
- †Wanogale
- †Zofiagale
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.