Protohummus
Appearance
| Protohummus Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Thryonomyidae |
| Genus: | †Protohummus |
| Species: | †P. dango
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| Binomial name | |
| †Protohummus dango Kraatz et. al., 2013
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Protohummus is an extinct genus of thryonomyid that lived during the Late Miocene.
Distribution
[edit]Protohummus dango lived in what is now the United Arab Emirates, its fossils having been found in the Baynunah Formation.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Kraatz, Brian P.; Bibi, Faysal; Hill, Andrew; Beech, Mark (28 April 2013). "A new fossil thryonomyid from the Late Miocene of the United Arab Emirates and the origin of African cane rats". Naturwissenschaften. 100 (5): 437–449. doi:10.1007/s00114-013-1043-4. ISSN 0028-1042. Retrieved 13 March 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.