†Metaphiomys schaubi Wood 1968 (rodent)
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Full reference: A. E. Wood. 1968. Early Cenozoic mammalian fauna Fayum Province, Egypt, Part II: the African Oligocene Rodentia. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 28:23-105
Belongs to Metaphiomys according to A. E. Wood 1968
Sister taxa: Metaphiomys beadnelli, Metaphiomys zallahensis
Type specimen: CM 26910, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Quarry G (Jebel Qatrani Formation) (= "upper sequence"), which is in a Rupelian fluvial sandstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Egypt (2 collections), Libya (3), Oman (1)
• Eocene of Namibia (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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