Promicrogale is an extinct monotypic genus of tenrec that lived in what is now Namibia during the Aquitanian stage of the Miocene epoch.[1]
| Promicrogale Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Suborder: | Tenrecomorpha |
| Family: | Tenrecidae |
| Genus: | †Promicrogale |
| Species: | †P. namibiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Promicrogale namibiensis Pickford, 2018 | |
Description
editPromicrogale namibiensis, the type species, is distinguished from its relatives by its longer retromolar space in the mandible relative to Microgale. It differs from Micropotamogale in having relatively short talonids, a short gap between its second and third mandibular premolars, no gap between its mandibular canine and second premolar, and its bicuspid lower canine.[2]
References
edit- ↑ "PBDB Taxon". Retrieved 27 February 2026.
- ↑ Pickford, Martin (2018). "Tenrecoid mandible from Elisabethfeld (Early Miocene) Namibia" (PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 18: 87–92. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
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