Mammalia - Rodentia - Phiomyidae
Full reference: L. Marivaux, S. Adnet, M. Benammi, R. Tabuce, J. Yans and M. Benammi. 2017. Earliest Oligocene hystricognathous rodents from the Atlantic margin of northwestern Saharan Africa (Dakhla, Morocco): systematic, paleobiogeographical, and paleoenvironmental implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37:e1357567:1-22
Belongs to Phenacophiomys according to L. Marivaux et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: DAK-Pto-022, 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:
• 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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