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Kahawamys

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Kahawamys
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Clade: Ctenohystrica
Superfamily: Thryonomyoidea
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Kahawamys
Stevens et al., 2009
Species:
K. mbeyaensis
Binomial name
Kahawamys mbeyaensis
Stevens et al., 2009

Kahawamys is an extinct genus of thryonomyoid rodent which existed in Nsungwe Formation, Tanzania during the late Oligocene.[1] It was first named by Nancy J. Stevens, Patricia A. Holroyd, Eric M. Roberts, Patrick M. O'connor and Michael D. Gottfried in 2009 and the type species is Kahawamys mbeyaensis.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Nancy J. Stevens; Patricia A. Holroyd; Eric M. Roberts; Patrick M. O'connor; Michael D. Gottfried (2009). "Kahawamys mbeyaensis (n. gen., n. sp.) (Rodentia: Thryonomyoidea) from the late Oligocene Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (2): 631–634. Bibcode:2009JVPal..29..631S. doi:10.1671/039.029.0219. S2CID 140590080.