Anagalidae is an extinct family of
mammal
A mammal () is a vertebrate animal of the Class (biology), class Mammalia (). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three ...
s closely related to
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...
s and
lagomorph
The lagomorphs () are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families: the Leporidae (rabbits and hares) and the Ochotonidae ( pikas). There are 110 recent species of lagomorph, of which 109 species in t ...
s. Members of the family are known from
Paleocene
The Paleocene ( ), or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 mya (unit), million years ago (mya). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), ...
to
Oligocene
The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch (geology), epoch of the Paleogene Geologic time scale, Period that extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that defin ...
deposits in China and Mongolia.
Genera
The family contains the following genera:
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Anagale''
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Anagalopsis''
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Anaptogale''
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Chianshania''
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Diacronus''
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Eosigale''
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Hsiuannania''
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Huaiyangale''
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Interogale''
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Linnania''
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Qipania''
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Stenanagale''
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Wanogale''
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Zofiagale''
References
Anagaloidea
Prehistoric mammal families
Paleocene first appearances
Oligocene extinctions
Taxa named by George Gaylord Simpson
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