Phenacophiomys

Phenacophiomys; Temporal range: Rupelian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	† Phiomyidae
Genus:	† Phenacophiomys
Species:	†P. occidentalis
Binomial name
	†Phenacophiomys occidentalis; Marivaux et. al., 2017

Last updated August 26, 2025

Phenacophiomys is an extinct genus of phiomyid that lived during the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene epoch.

Distribution

Phenacophiomys occidentalis is known from the Samlat Formation of Western Sahara.^[1]

References

↑ Marivaux, Laurent; Adnet, Sylvain; Benammi, Mohamed; Tabuce, Rodolphe; Yans, Johan; Benammi, Mouloud (29 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 26 June 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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[1] Marivaux, Laurent; Adnet, Sylvain; Benammi, Mohamed; Tabuce, Rodolphe; Yans, Johan; Benammi, Mouloud (29 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 26 June 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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