Biology:Eomys
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Short description: Extinct genus of rodents
| Eomys | |
|---|---|
| Life restoration of Eomys quercyi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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". Fossil Imprint 73 (1–2): 213–224. doi:10.2478/if-2017-0012. http://fi.nm.cz/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/12_Engesser-Kalin_final.pdf.
External links
- Eomys in the Paleobiology Database
Wikidata ☰ Q5381806 entry

