Pectinator Blyth 1856 (gundi)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae

Synonym: Petrobates von Heuglin 1860

Parent taxon: Ctenodactyli according to W. Peters 1871

See also von Heuglin 1861

Sister taxa: Africanomys, Confiniummys, Ctenodactylinae, Ctenodactylus, Dubiomys, Huangomys, Irhoudia, Leptotataromys, Massoutiera, Metasayimys, Ottomania, Prosayimys, Protataromys, Sayimys, Tataromyinae, Testouromys, Woodomys, Yindirtemyinae

Subtaxa: Pectinator spekei

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Type: Pectinator spekei

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at East Turkana - Area 131 - Okote (Quaternary of Kenya)

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