Biology:Eutypomyidae

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Short description: Extinct family of rodents

Eutypomyidae
Temporal range: Early Eocene–Late Miocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Castoroidea
Family: Eutypomyidae
Miller & Gidley, 1918
Genera

Mattimys
Microeutypomys
Janimus
Eutypomys

Eutypomyidae is a family of extinct rodents from North America and Eurasia thought to be related to modern beavers.[1][2]

References

  1. "Eutypomyidae" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/4829441. 
  2. Korth, William W. (1994), Korth, William W., ed., "Eutypomyidae" (in en), The Tertiary Record of Rodents in North America (Boston, MA: Springer US): pp. 125–133, doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-1444-6_12, ISBN 978-1-4899-1444-6, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1444-6_12, retrieved 2023-04-15 

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