Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Full reference: S. Sen. 2001. Rodents and insectivores from the Upper Miocene of Molayan, Afghanistan. Palaeontology 44(5):913-932
Belongs to Hystrix according to S. Sen 2001
Sister taxa: Hystrix (Acanthion), Hystrix (Hystricops), Hystrix (Hystrix), Hystrix (Thecurus), Hystrix africaeaustralis, Hystrix angressi, Hystrix cristata, Hystrix depereti, Hystrix kayae, Hystrix primigenia
Type specimen: MNHN MOL-51, a partial skull (incomplete with basicranium and palate, preserving D4-M3 dext and D4-M2 sin.). Its type locality is Molayan, which is in a Turolian fluvial claystone in the Khurdkabul Formation of Afghanistan.
Ecology: semifossorial herbivore-frugivore
Distribution: found only at Molayan
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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