Kabirmys

Kah-be-r-miss.
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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.

Diet

Uncertain.

Species

K.‭ ‬qarunensis‭

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.

In Depth

       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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