†family Zegdoumyidae Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Zegdoumyidae

Full reference: M. Vianey-Liaud, J.-J. Jaeger, J.L. Hartenberger and M. Mahboubi. 1994. Les rongeurs de l'Eocène d'Afrique Nord-Occidentale [Glib Zegdou (Algérie) et Chambi (Tunisie)] et l'origine des anomaluridae. Palaeovertebrata 23(1-4):93-118

Parent taxon: Anomaluroidea according to L. Marivaux et al. 2011

See also Hartenberger et al. 2001, Sallam et al. 2010 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Anomaluridae, Nementchamyidae, Nonanomaluridae, Pedetidae

Subtaxa: Dakhlamys Glibemys Glibia Lazibemys Zegdoumys

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Type: Zegdoumys

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Morocco (1 collection)

• Eocene of Algeria (6), Namibia (1), Tunisia (1)

Total: 9 collections including 16 occurrences

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