Kabirmys

Name: Kabirmys.
Phonetic: Kah-be-r-miss.
Named By: H.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Sallam,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Seiffert,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Simons‭ & ‬C.‭ ‬Brindley‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Rodentia,‭ ‬Anomaluromorpha,‭ ‬Anomaluridae.
Species: K.‭ ‬qarunensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: Egypt‭ ‬-‭ ‬Birket Qarun Formation.
Time period: Priabonian of the Eocene.
Fossil representation: Partial jaws and teeth.

       Kabirmys is a genus of rodent that lived in Egypt during the Eocene.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A large-bodied anomaluroid rodent from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt:‭ ‬phylogenetic and biogeographic implications.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬30‭(‬5‭)‬:1579-1593.‭ ‬-‭ ‬H.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Sallam,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Seiffert,‭ ‬E.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Simons‭ & ‬C.‭ ‬Brindley‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.



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