Mubhammys vadumensis Sallam and Seiffert 2016 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Full reference: H. M. Sallam and E. R. Seiffert. 2016. New phiomorph rodents from the latest Eocene of Egypt, and the impact of Bayesian "clock"-based phylogenetic methods on estimates of basal hystricognath relationships and biochronology. PeerJ 4:e1717:1-53

Belongs to Mubhammys according to H. M. Sallam and E. R. Seiffert 2016

Sister taxon: Mubhammys atlanticus

Type specimen: CGM 66001, a maxilla. Its type locality is Quarry L-41 (Jebel Qatrani Formation), which is in a Rupelian lacustrine mudstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry L-41 (Jebel Qatrani Formation)

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