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Orycteropus abundulafus

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Orycteropus abundulafus
Temporal range: Miocene-Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Tubulidentata
Family: Orycteropodidae
Genus: Orycteropus
Species:
O. abundulafus
Binomial name
Orycteropus abundulafus
Lehmann, Vignaud, Likius & Brunet, 2005

Orycteropus abundulafus is an extinct species of aardvark.[1] Its fossil was found in northern Chad. It lived in the Mio-Pliocene epochs.

References

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  1. ^ Lehmann, Thomas; Vignaud, Patrick; Likius, Andossa; Brunet, Michel (2005). "A new species of Orycteropodidae (Mammalia, Tubulidentata) in the Mio-Pliocene of northern Chad". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (1): 109–131. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00143.x. ISSN 0024-4082.