Gypsorhynchus Broom 1930 (mole rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Bathyergidae

Parent taxon: Bathyergidae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Bathyergoides, Bathyergus, Cryptomys, Cyclomylus, Geofossor, Georychus, Heliophobius, Heterocephalus, Paracryptomys, Proheliophobius, Tsaganomyinae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fossorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Makapansgat - Mbr. 4 (Pliocene of South Africa)

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