Antemus
| Antemus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | †Antemus Jacobs, 1977 |
| Species: | †A. chinjiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Antemus chinjiensis Jacobs, 1977 | |
Antemus is an extinct genus of murid rodent that lived in South Asia during the Miocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Antemus chinjiensis is known from the Siwalik Hills of Pakistan.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Kimura, Yuri; Jacobs, Louis L.; Flynn, Lawrence J. (14 October 2013). Butler, Richard J. (ed.). "Lineage-Specific Responses of Tooth Shape in Murine Rodents (Murinae, Rodentia) to Late Miocene Dietary Change in the Siwaliks of Pakistan". PLoS ONE. 8 (10) e76070. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...876070K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076070. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3796524. PMID 24155885.
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