Pelomys europeus de Bruijn et al. 1970 (groove-toothed swamp rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Full reference: H. de Bruijn, M.R. Dawson, and P. Mein. 1970. Upper Pliocene Rodentia, Lagomorpha and Insectivora (Mammalia) from the isle of Rhodes (Greece). I, II and III. Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B 73(5):535-584

Belongs to Pelomys according to H. de Bruijn et al. 1970

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVAU MA-551, M1M2 sup. dext., a set of teeth. Its type locality is Maritsa, which is in a MN 13 fissure fill horizon in Greece.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Maritsa

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