Mammalia - Rodentia - Nonanomaluridae
Full reference: L. Marivaux, S. Adnet, M. Benammi, R. Tabuce, and M. Benammi. 2017. Anomaluroid rodents from the earliest Oligocene of Dakhla, Morocco, reveal the long-lived and morphologically conservative pattern of the Anomaluridae and Nonanomaluridae during the Tertiary in Africa. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(7):539-569
Belongs to Nonanomalurus according to L. Marivaux et al. 2017
Sister taxon: Nonanomalurus soniae
Type specimen: DAK-Arg-011, a tooth. Its type locality is Dakhla, El Argoub, U4 level C2, which is in an Oligocene estuary/bay conglomerate in the Samlat Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Morocco (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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