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Phiomyidae

Phiomyidae
Temporal range: Late Eocene–Middle Miocene
Gaudeamus hylaeus.png
Gaudeamus hylaeus mandible
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
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, Gaudeamuridae.

Genera include:


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