Tufamys woodi Pickford 2018 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Petromuridae

Full reference: M. Pickford. 2018. Tufamyidae, a new family of hystricognath rodents from the Palaeogene and Neogene of the Sperrgebiet, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19:71-109

Belongs to Tufamys according to M. Pickford 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSN EC 10 Tw 1, a partial skeleton (Skull, mandibles and postcrania). Its type locality is Eocliff, which is in a Bartonian spring limestone in Namibia.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Namibia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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