†subfamily Protophiomyinae Coster et al. 2012 (rodent)
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
Parent taxon: Hystricognathi according to P. Coster et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Bathyergomorpha, Bugtimys, Caviomorpha, Diatomyidae, Gaudeamuridae, Hodsahibia, Hystricidae, Phiomorpha, Tufamyidae
Subtaxa: Protophiomys
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
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