Neophiomys
| Neophiomys Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Thryonomyidae |
| Genus: | †Neophiomys Coster et al., 2012 |
| Type species | |
| Neophiomys paraphiomyoides Wood, 1968 | |
| Other species | |
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Neophiomys is an extinct genus of thryonomyid rodent that lived in Africa during the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene epoch.[1]
Distribution
Neophiomys minutus is known only from the Samlat Formation of Morocco.[2][3] Neophiomys paraphiomyoides lived in both Egypt and Libya,[4] while Neophiomys dawsonae is known exclusively from Libya.[5]
References
- ↑ "Neophiomys". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
- ↑ Marivaux, Laurent; Adnet, Sylvain; Benammi, Mohamed; Tabuce, Rodolphe; Yans, Johan; Benammi, Mouloud (3 September 2017). "Earliest Oligocene hystricognathous rodents from the Atlantic margin of northwestern Saharan Africa (Dakhla, Morocco): systematic, paleobiogeographical, and paleoenvironmental implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (5): e1357567. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1357567. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 23 August 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link) - ↑ "Neophiomys minutus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
- ↑ "Neophiomys paraphiomyoides". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
- ↑ "Neophiomys dawsonae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 23 August 2026.