†Meldimys musak Rana et al. 2008 (rodent)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Full reference: R. S. Rana, K. Kumar, G. Escarguel, A. Sahni, K. D. Rose, T. Smith, H. Singh and L. Singh. 2008. An ailuravine rodent from the lower Eocene Cambay Formation at Vastan, western India, and its palaeobiogeographic implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(1):1-14
Belongs to Meldimys according to R. S. Rana et al. 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GU/RSR/VAS 609, a tooth (isolated right upper second molar). Its type locality is Vastan Lignite Mine, which is in a Ypresian lagoonal siltstone/claystone in the Cambay Shale Formation of India.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Vastan Lignite Mine
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