†Geofossor Mein and Pickford 2003 (mole rat)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Bathyergidae
Full reference: P. Mein and M. Pickford. 2003. Rodentia (other than Pedetidae) from the Orange River deposits, Namibia. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Namibia 19:147-160
Parent taxon: Bathyergidae according to P. Mein and M. Pickford 2003
Sister taxa: Bathyergoides, Bathyergus, Cryptomys, Cyclomylus, Georychus, Gypsorhynchus, Heliophobius, Heterocephalus, Paracryptomys, Proheliophobius, Tsaganomyinae
Subtaxa: Geofossor corvinusae
Type: Geofossor corvinusae
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Arrisdrift (Miocene of Namibia)
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