Mammalia - Rodentia - Zegdoumyidae
Full reference: M. Vianey-Liaud, J.-J. Jaeger, J.L. Hartenberger and M. Mahboubi. 1994. Les rongeurs de l'Eocène d'Afrique Nord-Occidentale [Glib Zegdou (Algérie) et Chambi (Tunisie)] et l'origine des anomaluridae. Palaeovertebrata 23(1-4):93-118
Parent taxon: Zegdoumyidae according to L. Marivaux et al. 2011
See also Hartenberger et al. 2001, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sallam et al. 2010 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Dakhlamys, Glibemys, Glibia, Lazibemys
Subtaxa: Zegdoumys lavocati Zegdoumys namibiensis Zegdoumys sbeitlai
Type: Zegdoumys lavocati
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Algeria (5 collections), Namibia (1), Tunisia (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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