Birkamys
| Birkamys Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Suborder: | Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Hystricognathi |
| Parvorder: | Phiomorpha |
| Genus: | †Birkamys Sallam & Seiffert, 2016 |
| Species: | †B. korai |
| Binomial name | |
| †Birkamys korai Sallam & Seiffert, 2016 | |
Birkamys is an extinct monotypic genus of phiomorph rodent that lived in North Africa during the Priabonian stage of the Eocene epoch.[1]
Etymology
The generic name Birkamys is composed of the roots birka, meaning swamp in Arabic, and mys, meaning mouse in Greek. The specific epithet of the type species, Birkamys korai, honours the palaeontologist Mahmoud Kora of Mansoura University for his contributions to stratigraphic research in Egypt.[2]
References
- ↑ "Birkamys". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
- ↑ Sallam, Hesham M.; Seiffert, Erik R. (1 March 2016). "New phiomorph rodents from the latest Eocene of Egypt, and the impact of Bayesian "clock"-based phylogenetic methods on estimates of basal hystricognath relationships and biochronology". PeerJ. 4 e1717. Bibcode:2016PeerJ...4e1717S. doi:10.7717/peerj.1717. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 4782727. PMID 26966657.