Archetypomys
Appearance
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| Archetypomys Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | †Archetypomyidae Meng et al., 2007 |
| Genus: | †Archetypomys Meng et al., 2007 |
| Species: | †A. erlianensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Archetypomys erlianensis Meng et al. 2007 | |
Archetypomys is an extinct genus of early Eocene rodent and the only member of the family Archetypomyidae. A single species, Archetypomys erlianensis, has been described from Inner Mongolia. Archetypomys was a very small rodent intermediate in morphology between the basal rodent family Alagomyidae and more advanced rodents.[1]
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