Full reference: J.-J. Jaeger, L. Marivaux, M. Salem, A. A. Bilal, M. Benammi, Y. Chaimanee, P. Duringer, B. Marandat, E. Metais, M. Schuster, X. Valentin and M. Brunet. 2010. New rodent assemblages from the Eocene Dur At-Talah escarpment (Sahara of central Libya): systematic, biochronological, and palaeobiogeographical implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160:195-213
Belongs to Protophiomys according to J.-J. Jaeger et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Protophiomys aegyptensis, Protophiomys algeriensis, Protophiomys attiai, Protophiomys tunisiensis
Type specimen: DT1-013, a tooth (left M1). Its type locality is Dor el Talha Idam, which is in a Bartonian/Eocene marine siltstone/sandstone in the Idam Unit Formation of Libya.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Libya (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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