Biology:Paronychomys
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Short description: Extinct genus of rodents
Paronychomys | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Genus: | †Paronychomys Jacobs, 1977 |
Paronychomys is an extinct genus of Cricetidae that existed in Arizona during the Hemphillian period.[1]
Taxonomy
Three species of Paronychomys are known: P. alticuspis, P. lemredfieldi, and P. tuttlei.[2][3] "Paronychomys" shotwelli, described by Korth (2011) from Hemphilian-age deposits in Oregon, is now placed in the separate genus Tsaphanomys.[4][5]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ L. L. Jacobs. 1977. Rodents of the Hemphillian age Redington local fauna, San Pedro Valley, Arizona. Journal of Paleontology 51(3):505-519
- ↑ J. A. Baskin. 1979. Small Mammals of the Hemphillian Age White Cone Local Fauna, Northeastern Arizona. Journal of Paleontology 53(3):695-708
- ↑ W. W. Korth. 2011. New Species of Cricetid Rodents (Mammalia) from the Late Miocene (Hemphillian) Previously Referred to Peromyscus pliocenicus Wilson. Annals of Carnegie Museum 79(2):137-147
- ↑ Robert A. Martin; Richard J. Zakrzewski (2019). "On the ancestry of woodrats". Journal of Mammalogy. in press. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyz105.
Wikidata ☰ Q7139434 entry
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