Biology:Saidomys
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Saidomys is an extinct genus of murid rodent that lived in Africa during the Pliocene epoch.
Distribution
Saidomys afarensis hails from the mid-Pliocene of Ethiopia,[1] whereas Saidomys natrunensis is known from the mid-Pliocene of Egypt.[2]
Palaeoecology
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]
References
- ↑ Sabatier, Maurice (15 February 1982). "Les rongeurs du site Pliocène à Hominidés de Hadar (Ethiope)" (in En). PalaeoVertebrata. ISSN 2274-0333. https://palaeovertebrata.com/Articles/view/92.
- ↑ Slaughter, Bob H.; James, Gideon T. (29 May 1979). "Saidomys natrunensis, an Arvicanthine Rodent from the Pliocene of Egypt" (in en). Journal of Mammalogy 60 (2): 421–425. doi:10.2307/1379821. ISSN 1545-1542. https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article-abstract/60/2/421/869238?redirectedFrom=PDF. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ Gomes Rodrigues, Helder; Merceron, Gildas; Viriot, Laurent (6 January 2009). "Dental microwear patterns of extant and extinct Muridae (Rodentia, Mammalia): ecological implications" (in en). Naturwissenschaften 96 (4): 537–542. doi:10.1007/s00114-008-0501-x. ISSN 0028-1042. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-008-0501-x. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
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