Zorania
| Zorania Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | †Chapattimyidae |
| Genus: | † Van de Weerd et. al., 2023 |
| Species: | †Z. milosi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Zorania milosi Van de Weerd et. al., 2023
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Zorania is an extinct genus of baluchimyine rodent that lived during the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene epoch.
Distribution
Zorania milosi fossils are known from the Selimye Formation in the Sivas Basin of Turkey and date back to around 29 Ma.[1]
References
- ^ van de Weerd, Andrew A.; de Bruijn, Hans; Wessels, Wilma (8 February 2023). "A small assemblage of early Oligocene rodents and insectivores from the Sivas basin, Turkey". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 103 (3): 609–632. Bibcode:2023PdPe..103..609V. doi:10.1007/s12549-022-00563-x. ISSN 1867-1594. Retrieved 20 February 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.