Protophiomys Jaegar et al. 1985 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Synonym: Waslamys Sallam et al. 2009

Full reference: J.-J. Jaegar, C. Denys, and B. Coiffart. 1985. New Phiomorpha and Anomaluridae from the late Eocene of north-west Africa: phylogenetic implications. Evolutionary Relationships among Rodents: A Multidisciplinary Analysis 567-588

Parent taxon: Protophiomyinae according to P. Coster et al. 2012

See also Jaegar et al. 1985, Jaeger et al. 2010, McKenna and Bell 1997, Pickford et al. 2008 and Sallam et al. 2009

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Protophiomys aegyptensis Protophiomys algeriensis Protophiomys attiai Protophiomys durattalahensis Protophiomys tunisiensis

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Type: Protophiomys algeriensis

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Algeria (1 collection), Egypt (1), Libya (2), Namibia (3), Tunisia (1)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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