Saidomys
| Saidomys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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Saidomys afarensis Sabatier, 1982 | |
Saidomys is an extinct genus of murid rodent that lived in Africa during the Pliocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Saidomys afarensis hails from the mid-Pliocene of Ethiopia,[1] whereas Saidomys natrunensis is known from the mid-Pliocene of Egypt.[2]
Palaeoecology
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Sabatier, Maurice (15 February 1982). "Les rongeurs du site Pliocène à Hominidés de Hadar (Ethiope)". PalaeoVertebrata. ISSN 2274-0333.
- ^ Slaughter, Bob H.; James, Gideon T. (29 May 1979). "Saidomys natrunensis, an Arvicanthine Rodent from the Pliocene of Egypt". Journal of Mammalogy. 60 (2): 421–425. doi:10.2307/1379821. ISSN 1545-1542. Retrieved 28 September 2025 – via Oxford Academic.
- ^ Gomes Rodrigues, Helder; Merceron, Gildas; Viriot, Laurent (6 January 2009). "Dental microwear patterns of extant and extinct Muridae (Rodentia, Mammalia): ecological implications". Naturwissenschaften. 96 (4): 537–542. doi:10.1007/s00114-008-0501-x. ISSN 0028-1042. Retrieved 28 September 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.