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| Phiomyoides Temporal range: Early Miocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | † Myophiomyidae |
| Subfamily: | † Myophiomyinae |
| Genus: | † Phiomyoides Stromer, 1926 |
Phiomyoides is an extinct species of rodent known from Miocene fossils found in Africa.
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