Revision of Oligocene 'Paraphiomys' and an origin for crown Thryonomyoidea (Rodentia: Hystricognathi: Phiomorpha) near the Oligocene–Miocene boundary in …

HM Sallam, ER Seiffert - Zoological Journal of the Linnean …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract 'Paraphiomys' simonsi is a phiomorph rodent from the early Oligocene of Egypt (~
29–30 Mya) that has historically been aligned with much younger (<~ 20 Mya) Miocene …

Differentiation of Phiomys andrewsi from Lavocatomys aequatorialis (n. gen., n. sp.) (Rodentia: Thryonomyoidea) in the Oligo-Miocene interval on continental Africa

PA Holroyd, NJ Stevens - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Phiomys andrewsi Osborn, 1908 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricognathi) was originally
described from the early Oligocene of the Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Province, Egypt …

A new basal phiomorph (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the late Oligocene of Lokone (Turkana Basin, Kenya)

L Marivaux, F Lihoreau, FK Manthi… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Early hystricognathous rodents from Africa are primarily documented by two basal and
extinct groups, the paraphyletic “Phiomyidae” and the Gaudeamuridae, which were …

[HTML][HTML] A basal phiomorph (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the late Eocene of the Fayum Depression, Egypt

HM Sallam, ER Seiffert, EL Simons - Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 2012 - Springer
The fossil record of phiomorph hystricognathous rodents from the Afro-Arabian Paleogene is
important for understanding the origins and dispersal routes of the early crown …

[PDF][PDF] A new and primitive species of Protophiomys (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the late middle Eocene of Djebel el Kébar, Central Tunisia

L Marivaux, W Marzougui, HK Ammar, S Adnet… - …, 2014 - hal.umontpellier.fr
Based on fossil discoveries and phylogenetic studies, an Eocene Asian origin for
hystricognathous rodents and anthropoid primates has gained strong support in recent …

[HTML][HTML] New phiomorph rodents from the latest Eocene of Egypt, and the impact of Bayesian “clock”-based phylogenetic methods on estimates of basal hystricognath …

HM Sallam, ER Seiffert - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
Abstract The Fayum Depression of Egypt has yielded fossils of hystricognathous rodents
from multiple Eocene and Oligocene horizons that range in age from∼ 37 to∼ 30 Ma and …

Metaphiomys (Rodentia: Phiomyidae) from the Paleogene of southwestern Tanzania

NJ Stevens, PM O'Connor, MD Gottfried… - Journal of …, 2006 - cambridge.org
The evolutionary history of the living African rodent families is a topic of considerable
debate, yet it is generally agreed that the modern cane rats (Thryonomys Fitzinger, 1867) …

Phylogeny and evolutionary history of hystricognathous rodents from the Old World during the Tertiary: new insights into the emergence of modern “phiomorph” …

F Barbière, L Marivaux - Evolution of the rodents: advances in …, 2015 - hal.umontpellier.fr
Among the Old World hystricognathous rodents, the phylogenetic relationships between the
Palaeogene (“Phiomyidae”, Baluchimyinae”, Gaudeamuridae) and Neogene/Recent …

Fossil and molecular evidence constrain scenarios for the early evolutionary and biogeographic history of hystricognathous rodents

HM Sallam, ER Seiffert, ME Steiper… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
The early evolutionary and paleobiogeographic history of the diverse rodent clade
Hystricognathi, which contains Hystricidae (Old World porcupines), Caviomorpha (the …

Were There Miocene Meridiolestidans? Assessing the Phylogenetic Placement of Necrolestes patagonensis and the Presence of a 40 Million Year Meridiolestidan …

RN O'Meara, RS Thompson - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2014 - Springer
The enigmatic mammal Necrolestes patagonensis from the Miocene of Patagonia
possesses a highly apomorphic osteological form that has confounded phylogenetic …