Acritophiomys
| Acritophiomys Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Parvorder: | Phiomorpha |
| Genus: | † |
| Species: | †A. bowni
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| Binomial name | |
| †Acritophiomys bowni Sallam et. al., 2012
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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.