Mammalia - Rodentia - Myophiomyidae
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
Parent taxon: Phiocricetomyinae according to P. Coster et al. 2012
See also Jaeger et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Phiocricetomys, Silicamys
Subtaxa: Talahphiomys lavocati Talahphiomys libycus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Egypt (2 collections), Libya (1), Oman (2)
• Eocene of Libya (2), Namibia (1)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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