Farangimys
Appearance
| Farangimys Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Holotype skull | |
| Scientific 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
[edit]- ↑ 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.