Zegdoumyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia), stem anomaluroid rodents from the Early to Middle Eocene of Algeria (Gour Lazib, Western Sahara): New dental evidence

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 563-588

  Marivaux, Laurent ^a   Adaci, Mohammed ^b   Bensalah, Mustapha ^b   Rodrigues, Helder Gomes ^c   Hautier, Lionel ^d   Mahboubi, M'Hammed ^e   Mebrouk, Fateh ^e,f   Tabuce, Rodolphe ^a   Vianey Liaud, Monique ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TLEMCEN   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ORAN   (Algeria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF JIJEL   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Africa; Anomaluroidea; Eocene; Phylogeny; Rodentia; Zegdoumyidae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COMMON ANCESTRY; DENTITION; DIVERGENCE; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

ALGERIA; TUNISIA;

ANOMALURIDAE; HYSTRICOGNATHI; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURAVIDAE; ZEGDOUMYIDAE;

EID: 84857581756     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2011.562555     Document Type: Article

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