†Phiocricetomys atavus Coster et al. 2012 (rodent)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Myophiomyidae
Full reference: P. Coster, M. Benammi, M. Salem, A. A. Bilal, Y. Chaimanee, X. Valentin, M. Brunet and J.-J. Jaeger. 2012. New hystricognathous rodents from the early Oligocene of central Libya (Zallah Oasis, Sahara Desert): systematic, phylogenetic, and biochronological implications. Annals of Carnegie Museum 80(3):239-259
Belongs to Phiocricetomys according to P. Coster et al. 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Z5R-193, a tooth (right m2). Its type locality is Zallah 5, which is in an Oligocene fluvial-deltaic horizon in Libya.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Zallah 5
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