Mammalia - Rodentia - Zegdoumyidae
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 Dakhlamys according to L. Marivaux et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: DAK-Pto-004, a tooth. Its type locality is Dakhla, Porto Rico, U4 level C2, which is in an Oligocene estuary/bay conglomerate in the Samlat Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Dakhla, Porto Rico, U4 level C2
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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