Oligorhynchocyon
| Oligorhynchocyon Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | Macroscelididae |
| Subfamily: | †Rhynchocyoninae |
| Genus: | †Oligorhynchocyon |
| Species: | †O. songwensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Oligorhynchocyon songwensis Stevens et. al., 2022
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Oligorhynchocyon is an extinct genus of rhynchocyonine macroscelidean that lived in Tanzania during the Chattian. It contains the species O. songwensis.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Stevens, Nancy J.; O’Connor, Patrick M.; Mtelela, Cassy; Roberts, Eric M. (3 April 2022). "Macroscelideans (Myohyracinae and Rhynchocyoninae) from the late Oligocene Nsungwe formation of the Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania" (PDF). Historical Biology. 34 (4): 604–610. Bibcode:2022HBio...34..604S. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1938565. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 5 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.