Talahphiomys libycus Jaeger et al. 2010 (rodent)

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

Belongs to Talahphiomys according to J.-J. Jaeger et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Talahphiomys lavocati

Type specimen: DT1-022, 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: found only at Dur At-Talah, DT-Loc. 1

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