Proafricanomys
| Proafricanomys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Ctenodactylidae |
| Genus: | †Proafricanomys |
| Species: | †P. libanensis
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| †Proafricanomys libanensis López-Antoñanzas et. al., 2015
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Proafricanomys is an extinct genus of ctenodactylid that lived during the Tortonian stage of the Miocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Pproafricanomys libanensis is known from Lebanon.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ López-Antoñanzas, Raquel; Knoll, Fabien; Maksoud, Sibelle; Azar, Dany (7 August 2015). "First Miocene rodent from Lebanon provides the 'missing link' between Asian and African gundis (Rodentia: Ctenodactylidae)". Scientific Reports. 5 (1): 12871. doi:10.1038/srep12871. hdl:10261/338611. ISSN 2045-2322. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
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