Kahawamys

Kahawamys; Temporal range: Late Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Superfamily:	Thryonomyoidea
Genus:	Kahawamys; Stevens et al., 2009
Species
	K. mbeyaensis Stevens et al., 2009 (type);

Kahawamys is an extinct genus of thryonomyoid rodent which existed in Nsungwe Formation, Tanzania during the late Oligocene.^[1] It was first named by Nancy J. Stevens, Patricia A. Holroyd, Eric M. Roberts, Patrick M. O'connor and Michael D. Gottfried in 2009 and the type species is Kahawamys mbeyaensis.^[1]

References edit

^ ^a ^b Nancy J. Stevens; Patricia A. Holroyd; Eric M. Roberts; Patrick M. O'connor; Michael D. Gottfried (2009). "Kahawamys mbeyaensis (n. gen., n. sp.) (Rodentia: Thryonomyoidea) from the late Oligocene Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (2): 631–634. doi:10.1671/039.029.0219. S2CID 140590080.

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[Stevens-1] Nancy J. Stevens; Patricia A. Holroyd; Eric M. Roberts; Patrick M. O'connor; Michael D. Gottfried (2009). "Kahawamys mbeyaensis (n. gen., n. sp.) (Rodentia: Thryonomyoidea) from the late Oligocene Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (2): 631–634. doi:10.1671/039.029.0219. S2CID 140590080.

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