Phiomyidae
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| Phiomyidae Temporal range:
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| Gaudeamus hylaeus mandible | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Parvorder: | Phiomorpha |
| Family: | †Phiomyidae Wood, 1955 |
The Phiomyidae are a family of prehistoric rodents from Africa and Eurasia. A 2011 study placed Gaudeamus in a new family, .[1]
Genera include:
- Gaudeamus
References[]
- ^ "Craniodental Morphology and Systematics of a New Family of Hystricognathous Rodents (Gaudeamuridae) from the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Egypt". PLoS Collections. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
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Categories:
- Hystricognath rodents
- Prehistoric rodent families
- Eocene first appearances
- Miocene extinctions
- Prehistoric rodent stubs