Phiocricetomys
Appearance
Phiocricetomys Temporal range: Early Oligocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | †Myophiomyidae |
Subfamily: | †Phiocricetomyinae Lavocat, 1973 |
Genus: | †Phiocricetomys Wood, 1968 |
Phiocricetomys is an extinct genus of rodent from Africa. It is the only genus in the subfamily Phiocricetomyinae.
References
[edit]- Lavocat, R. 1973. Les rongeurs du Miocčne d’Afrique Orientale. Memoires et travaux Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Institut Montpellier, 1:1-284.
- Simons, E.L. and Wood, A.E. 1968. Early Cenozoic mammalian faunas, Fayum Province, Egypt. Part II, the African Oligocene Rodentia. Peabody Museum Bulletin, 28:23-105.