Eomys
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Eomys Temporal range: Late Oligocene,
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Life restoration of Eomys quercyi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | †Eomyidae |
Genus: | †Eomys Schlosser, 1884 |
Type species | |
Eomys zitteli Schlosser, 1884
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Other species | |
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Eomys is an extinct genus of eomyid rodent from the late Oligocene of France, Germany, Spain, and possibly Turkey. The species Eomys quercyi is the earliest known gliding rodent.[1][2]
References
- ^ Storch, G.; Engesser, B.; Wuttke, M. (1996). "Oldest fossil record of gliding in rodents". Nature. 379 (6564): 439–441. doi:10.1038/379439a0.
- ^ Engesser, B.; Kälin, D. (2017). "Eomys helveticus n. sp. and Eomys schluneggeri n. sp., two new small eomyids of the Chattian (MP 25/MP 26) subalpine Lower Freshwater Molasse of Switzerland" (PDF). Fossil Imprint. 73 (1–2): 213–224. doi:10.2478/if-2017-0012.
External links
- Eomys in the Paleobiology Database
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