Mammalia - Rodentia - Thryonomyidae
Synonym: Aulacodus Temminck 1827 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Thryonomyidae according to H. M. Sallam and E. R. Seiffert 2019
See also López-Antoñazas and Sen 2005, McKenna and Bell 1997, Peters 1990 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Epiphiomys, Kochalia, Neophiomys, Neosciuromys, Paraphiomys, Paraulacodus, Protohummus, Sacaresia
Subtaxa: Thryonomys gregorianus Thryonomys swinderianus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (4 collections), Cote D'Ivoire (1), Ethiopia (6), Kenya (9), Niger (2), South Africa (1), Sudan (2), Swaziland (1), Tanzania (4), Zambia (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (2)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (2), Kenya (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (1), Tanzania (1)
• Miocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 42 collections including 46 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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