| Anagalidae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Life restoration of Anagale gobiensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | †Anagaloidea |
| Family: | †Anagalidae Simpson, 1931 |
Anagalidae is an extinct family of mammals closely related to rodents and lagomorphs. Members of the family are known from Paleocene to Oligocene deposits in China and Mongolia.12
Genera
The family contains the following genera:1
- †Anagale
- †Anagalopsis
- †Anaptogale
- †Chianshania
- †Diacronus
- †Eosigale
- †Hsiuannania
- †Huaiyangale
- †Interogale
- †Linnania
- †Qipania
- †Stenanagale
- †Wanogale
- †Zofiagale
References
References
- López-Torres, S.; Fostowicz-Frelik, Ł. (2018). "A new Eocene anagalid (Mammalia: Euarchontoglires) from Mongolia and its implications for the group's phylogeny and dispersal". Scientific Reports. 8 (1): 13955. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-32086-x. PMC 6141491.
- "Fossilworks: Anagalidae". fossilworks.org.
