Saidomys
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| Saidomys Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | †Saidomys James & Slaughter, 1974 |
| Type species | |
| Saidomys natrunensis James & Slaughter, 1974
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| Other species | |
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Saidomys afarensis Sabatier, 1982 | |
Saidomys is an extinct genus of murid rodent that lived in Africa during the Pliocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Saidomys afarensis hails from the mid-Pliocene of Ethiopia,[1] whereas Saidomys natrunensis is known from the mid-Pliocene of Egypt.[2]
Palaeoecology
[edit | edit source]The dental microwear of S. afarensis bears the most similarities to that of extant rodents that consume grass, suggesting that S. afarensis too was primarily an eater of grass.[3]
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