Zorania
| Zorania Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | †Chapattimyidae |
| Genus: | †Zorania Van de Weerd et. al., 2023 |
| Species: | †Z. milosi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Zorania milosi Van de Weerd et. al., 2023
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Zorania is an extinct genus of baluchimyine rodent that lived during the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Zorania milosi fossils are known from the Selimye Formation in the Sivas Basin of Turkey and date back to around 29 Ma.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ van de Weerd, Andrew A.; de Bruijn, Hans; Wessels, Wilma (8 February 2023). "A small assemblage of early Oligocene rodents and insectivores from the Sivas basin, Turkey". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 103 (3): 609–632. Bibcode:2023PdPe..103..609V. doi:10.1007/s12549-022-00563-x. ISSN 1867-1594. Retrieved 20 February 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.
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