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Phiomyidae

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Phiomyidae
Temporal range: Late Eocene–Middle Miocene
Gaudeamus hylaeus mandible
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Parvorder: Phiomorpha
Family: Phiomyidae
Wood, 1955

The Phiomyidae are a family of prehistoric rodents from Africa and Eurasia. A 2011 study placed Gaudeamus in a new family, Gaudeamuridae.[1]

Genera include:

References

  1. ^ "Craniodental Morphology and Systematics of a New Family of Hystricognathous Rodents (Gaudeamuridae) from the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Egypt". PLoS Collections. Retrieved 2011-09-27.