†family Gaudeamuridae Sallam et al. 2011 (rodent)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gaudeamuridae
Full reference: H. M. Sallam, E. R. Seiffert, and E. L. Simons. 2011. Craniodental Morphology and Systematics of a New Family of Hystricognathous Rodents (Gaudeamuridae) from the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Egypt. PLoS ONE 6(2):e16525:1-29
Parent taxon: Hystricognathi according to H. M. Sallam et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Bathyergomorpha, Bugtimys, Caviomorpha, Diatomyidae, Hodsahibia, Hystricidae, Phiomorpha, Protophiomyinae, Tufamyidae
Subtaxa: Gaudeamus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
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