†Bathyergoides Stromer 1923 (mole rat)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Parent taxon: Bathyergidae according to M. Pickford et al. 2008
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Bathyergus, Cryptomys, Cyclomylus, Geofossor, Georychus, Gypsorhynchus, Heliophobius, Heterocephalus, Paracryptomys, Proheliophobius, Tsaganomyinae
Subtaxa: Bathyergoides neotertiarius
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (2 collections), Namibia (1)
• Oligocene of Kenya (1)
• Eocene of Namibia (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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