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Ailuravus is a
genus of
prehistoric rodents in the
family Ischyromyidae.
Ailuravus macrurus ("big-tailed cat-ancestor") was a primitive, squirrel-like...
- by
Bernard Comte et al. in 2012 as
belonging to the
ischyromyid genus Ailuravus before it was
eventually reclassified to its own
genus by
French palaeontologists...
- (of the
leptictid family) Propalaeotherium, an
early relative of
horses Ailuravus, a
rodent Peradectes, a
metatherian Palaeochiropteryx, a bat Lesmesodon...
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locality include the
herpetotheriid Amphiperatherium,
ischyromyids Ailuravus and Plesiarctomys,
pseudosciurid Treposciurus,
omomyid Necrolemur, adapid...
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Family Genus Species Authority Notes Image Alagomyidae Ailuravus Ailuravus macrurus Weitzel, 1949 An
arboreal rodent that
resembles modern squirrels in...
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Egerkingen α + β
include the
herpetotheriid Amphiperatherium,
ischyromyids Ailuravus and Plesiarctomys,
pseudosciurid Treposciurus,
omomyid Necrolemur, adapid...
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toothed lower jaws.
Rodents are rare and
occurred in only a few forms.
Ailuravus was very large,
around one
meter long, and
resembled modern squirrels...
- Heterohyus,
nyctitheriid Saturninia,
rodents (Glamys, Elfomys, Plesiarctomys,
Ailuravus, Remys),
omomyids Pseudoloris and Necrolemur,
adapid Adapis, hyaenodonts...
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traguloides coexisted with the
herpetotheriid Amphiperatherium,
ischyromyids Ailuravus and Plesiarctomys,
pseudosciurid Treposciurus,
omomyid Necrolemur, adapid...
- (Necrolemur, Pseudoloris, and Microc****us),
adapid Adapis,
ischyromyid Ailuravus,
glirid Glamys,
pseudosciurid Sciuroides,
theridomyids Elfomys and Pseudoltinomys...
