Acritophiomys

Acritophiomys; Temporal range: Late Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Parvorder:	Phiomorpha
Genus:	† Acritophiomys
Species:	†A. bowni
Binomial name
	†Acritophiomys bowni; Sallam et. al., 2012

Last updated February 09, 2025

Acritophiomys is an extinct genus of phiomorph rodent that inhabited Egypt during the Late Eocene. It contains a single species, A. bowni.^[1]

References

↑ Sallam, Hesham M.; Seiffert, Erik R.; Simons, Elwyn L. (30 March 2012). "A basal phiomorph (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the late Eocene of the Fayum Depression, Egypt". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology . 131 (2): 283–301. Bibcode:2012SwJP..131..283S. doi:10.1007/s13358-012-0039-6. ISSN 1664-2376 . Retrieved 5 January 2025– via Springer Open.

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[1] Sallam, Hesham M.; Seiffert, Erik R.; Simons, Elwyn L. (30 March 2012). "A basal phiomorph (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the late Eocene of the Fayum Depression, Egypt". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology . 131 (2): 283–301. Bibcode:2012SwJP..131..283S. doi:10.1007/s13358-012-0039-6. ISSN 1664-2376 . Retrieved 5 January 2025– via Springer Open.

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