Biology:Eomys

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Short description: Extinct genus of rodents


Eomys
Temporal range: Late Oligocene, Rupelian-Chattian
Eomys BW.jpg
Life restoration of Eomys quercyi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Eomyidae
Genus: Eomys
Schlosser, 1884
Type species
Eomys zitteli
Schlosser, 1884
Other species
  • E. alulghensis Cuenca & Canudo, 1994
  • E. antiquus (Aymard, 1853)
  • E. ebnatensis Engesser, 1987
  • E. fahlbuschi Ünay-Bayraktar, 1989
  • E. gigas Comte & Vianey-Liaud, 1987
  • E. helveticus Engesser & Kalin, 2017
  • E. huerzeleri Engesser, 1982
  • E. major Freudenberg, 1941
  • E. molassicus Engesser, 1987
  • E. minor Comte & Vianey-Liaud, 1987
  • E. quercyi Comte & Vianey-Liaud, 1987
  • E. schluneggeri Engesser & Kalin, 2017

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

  1. Storch, G.; Engesser, B.; Wuttke, M. (1996). "Oldest fossil record of gliding in rodents". Nature 379 (6564): 439–441. doi:10.1038/379439a0. 
  2. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q5381806 entry