†Gypsorhynchus Broom 1930 (mole rat)
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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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