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Farangimys

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Farangimys
Temporal range: Neogene
Holotype skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Geomyoidea
Genus: Farangimys
Calede & Socki, 2025
Species:
F. megalotrogos
Binomial name
Farangimys megalotrogos
Calede & Socki, 2025

Farangimys is an extinct genus of geomyoid known from the Neogene Pawnee Creek Beds of Colorado, United States. The genus contains a single species, Farangimys megalotrogos.[1]

References

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  1. Calede, Jonathan J.-M.; Socki, Francesca M. (3 March 2025). "A new stem geomyoid helps elucidate the palaeoecology and evolutionary history of geomorph rodents". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 23 (1). Bibcode:2025JSPal..2356620C. doi:10.1080/14772019.2025.2456620. ISSN 1477-2019.