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Protolophiomys ibericus

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ancestry of maned rat

  • Maned, or crested, rat (Lophiomys imhausi).
    In maned rat

    …of the maned rat (Protolophiomys ibericus) was discovered in 6-million- to 7-million-year-old deposits of southern Spain. Although most of these fossils are cranial fragments, they are easily recognized as relatives of the maned rat by a granulated, bony caplike growth over the top of the entire skull—a structure unique…

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