Proafricanomys

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Proafricanomys
Temporal range: Tortonian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenodactylidae
Genus: Proafricanomys
Species:
P. libanensis
Binomial name
Proafricanomys libanensis
López-Antoñanzas et. al., 2015

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

  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.