Biology:Diprionomys

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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

Diprionomys
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Heteromyidae
Subfamily: Heteromyinae
Genus: Diprionomys
Kellogg, 1910
Species
  • D. agrarius (Wood, 1935)
  • D. minimus (Kellogg, 1910)
  • D. parvus (Kellogg, 1910)

Diprionomys is an extinct genus of Heteromyidae that existed in the United States during the Late Miocene period.[1]

References

  1. William W. Korth & Donald D. De Blieux (2010). "Rodents and Lagomorphs (Mammalia) from the Hemphillian (Late Miocene) of Utah". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (1): 226–235. doi:10.1080/02724630903412448. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5280072 entry