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Idicia

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Idicia
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Theridomyidae
Genus: Idicia
Vianey-Liaud et al., 2024
Species:
I. vidalenci
Binomial name
Idicia vidalenci
Vianey-Liaud et al., 2024

Idicia is an extinct genus of Palaeogene rodents belonging to the family Theridomyidae. The genus and its sole species Idicia vidalenci were both named by Monique Vianey-Liaud et al. in 2024 based on some holotype dentition from the French locality of Lavergne, dating to the middle Eocene. It was named in honor of Dominique Vidalenc, who discovered the holotype material. It is diagnosed as being a medium-sized and brachyodont (low-crowned) theridomyid with various specific morphologies of its cuspids. A wide range of other faunas were recovered form Lavergne along with Idicia such as the herpetotheriid Peratherium, nyctithere Saturninia, omomyid Necrolemur, carnivoraforme Quercygale, tapirulid Tapirulus, and the palaeothere Palaeotherium.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Vianey-Liaud, Monique; Weppe, Romain; Marivaux, Laurent (2024). "Enigmatic rodents from Lavergne, a late middle Eocene (MP 16) fissure-filling of the Quercy Phosphorites (Southwest France)". Palaeovertebrata. doi:10.18563/pv.47.2.e1.