†family Tufamyidae Pickford 2018 (rodent)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Tufamyidae
Full reference: M. Pickford. 2018. Tufamyidae, a new family of hystricognath rodents from the Palaeogene and Neogene of the Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19:71-109
Parent taxon: Hystricognathi according to M. Pickford 2018
Sister taxa: Bathyergomorpha, Bugtimys, Caviomorpha, Diatomyidae, Gaudeamuridae, Hodsahibia, Hystricidae, Phiomorpha, Protophiomyinae
Subtaxa: Efeldomys
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Eocliff (Eocene of Namibia)