Archetypomys
Extinct genus of rodents
| Archetypomys Temporal range: early Eocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | †Archetypomyidae Meng et al., 2007 |
| Genus: | †Archetypomys Meng et al., 2007 |
| Species: | †A. erlianensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Archetypomys erlianensis Meng et al., 2007 | |
Archetypomys is an extinct genus of early Eocene rodent and the only member of the family Archetypomyidae. A single species, Archetypomys erlianensis, has been described from Inner Mongolia. Archetypomys was a very small rodent intermediate in morphology between the basal rodent family Alagomyidae and more advanced rodents.[1]
References
- ^ Meng, J.; Li, C.; Ni, X.; Wang, Y.; Beard, K.C. (2007). "A new Eocene rodent from the lower Arshanto Formation in the Nuhetingboerhe (Camp Margetts) area, Inner Mongolia". American Museum Novitates (3569): 1–18. hdl:2246/5860.
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Prehistoric families in order Rodentia
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Infraclass: Eutheria
- Superorder: Euarchontoglires
- Allomyidae
- Mylagaulidae
- Reithroparamyidae
- Parapedetidae
- Tamquammyidae
- Gobiomyidae
- Yuomyidae
- Chapattimyidae
- Tsaganomyidae
- "Baluchimyinae"
- Bathyergoididae
- Myophiomyidae
- Diamantomyidae
- Phiomyidae
- Kenyamyidae
- Cephalomyidae
- Eocardiidae
- Neoepiblemidae
- Heptaxodontidae
- Eurymylidae
- Alagomyidae
- Archetypomyidae
- Cocomyidae
- Ivanantoniidae
- Laredomyidae
- Ischyromyidae
- Theridomyidae
- Protoptychidae
- Zegdoumyidae
- Sciuravidae
- Cylindrodontidae
- Zelomyidae
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