Proafricanomys

Proafricanomys; Temporal range: Tortonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Ctenodactylidae
Genus:	† Proafricanomys
Species:	†P. libanensis
Binomial name
	†Proafricanomys libanensis; López-Antoñanzas et. al., 2015

Last updated October 05, 2025

Proafricanomys is an extinct genus of ctenodactylid that lived during the Tortonian stage of the Miocene epoch.

Distribution

Pproafricanomys libanensis is known from Lebanon.^[1]

References

↑ López-Antoñanzas, Raquel; Knoll, Fabien; Maksoud, Sibelle; Azar, Dany (7 August 2015). "First Miocene rodent from Lebanon provides the 'missing link' between Asian and African gundis (Rodentia: Ctenodactylidae)". Scientific Reports . 5 (1) 12871. Bibcode:2015NatSR...512871L. doi:10.1038/srep12871. hdl: 10261/338611 . ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 4528195 . PMID 26250050.

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[1] López-Antoñanzas, Raquel; Knoll, Fabien; Maksoud, Sibelle; Azar, Dany (7 August 2015). "First Miocene rodent from Lebanon provides the 'missing link' between Asian and African gundis (Rodentia: Ctenodactylidae)". Scientific Reports . 5 (1) 12871. Bibcode:2015NatSR...512871L. doi:10.1038/srep12871. hdl: 10261/338611 . ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 4528195 . PMID 26250050.

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