Jinomrefu | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | †Barbourofelidae |
Tribe: | †Afrosmilini |
Genus: | †Jinomrefu Friscia, Macharwas, Muteti, Ndiritu & Rasmussen, 2020 |
Type species | |
†Jinomrefu lakwanza Friscia, Macharwas, Muteti, Ndiritu & Rasmussen, 2020
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Jinomrefu is a fossil genus of barbourofelid containing a single species Jinomrefu lakwanza. It was described in 2020 based on fossils from the Paleogene-Neogene boundary locality at Nakwai, Kenya.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Friscia, Anthony R.; Macharwas, Mathew; Muteti, Samuel; Ndiritu, Francis; Tab Rasmussen, D. (2020). "A Transitional Mammalian Carnivore Community from the Paleogene–Neogene Boundary in Northern Kenya". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (5): e1833895. Bibcode:2020JVPal..40E3895F. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1833895. S2CID 228844419.