| Jinomrefu | |
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Scientific classification
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| 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 | |
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†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
- ^ 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.
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