Zenkerellidae

Zenkerella insignis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anomaluromorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Anomaluromorpha

Familia: Zenkerellidae
Genus: Zenkerella

Name

Zenkerellidae Matschie, 1898

• Type genus: Zenkerella Matschie, 1898

Synonymy

• Zenkerellinae Matschie, 1898: 26 [original rank, as subfamilia]
• Zenkerellidae: Heritage, Fernández, Sallam, Cronin, Esara Echube & Seiffert, 2016: 13 [subsequent rank, as familia]

References

Primary references

• Heritage, S., Fernández, D., Sallam, H.M., Cronin, D.T., Esara Echube, J.M. & Seiffert, E.R. 2016. Ancient phylogenetic divergence of the enigmatic African rodent Zenkerella and the origin of anomalurid gliding. PeerJ 4: e2320. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2320 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fabre, P.-H., Tilak, M., Denys, C., Gaubert, P., Nicolas, V., Douzery, E.J.P. & Marivaux, L. 2018. Flightless scaly-tailed squirrels never learned how to fly: A reappraisal of Anomaluridae phylogeny. Zoologica Scripta 47(4): 404–417. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12286 Reference page.