Eomys
Extinct genus of rodents
Eomys is an extinct genus of eomyid rodent from the late Oligocene of France, Germany, Spain, and possibly Turkey. The species Eomys quercyi is the earliest known gliding rodent.[1][2]
| Eomys Temporal range: Late Oligocene,
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| Life restoration of Eomys quercyi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | †Eomyidae |
| Genus: | †Eomys Schlosser, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| †Eomys zitteli Schlosser, 1884
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Species
Source: mindat.org[3]
- E. alulghensis Cuenca & Canudo, 1994
- E. antiquus (Aymard, 1853)
- E. ebnatensis Engesser, 1987
- E. fahlbuschi Ünay-Bayraktar, 1989
- E. gigas Comte & Vianey-Liaud, 1987
- E. helveticus Engesser & Kalin, 2017
- E. huerzeleri Engesser, 1982
- E. major Freudenberg, 1941
- E. molassicus Engesser, 1987
- E. minor Comte & Vianey-Liaud, 1987
- E. quercyi Comte & Vianey-Liaud, 1987
- E. schluneggeri Engesser & Kalin, 2017
References
- ^ Storch, G.; Engesser, B.; Wuttke, M. (1996). "Oldest fossil record of gliding in rodents". Nature. 379 (6564): 439–441. Bibcode:1996Natur.379..439S. doi:10.1038/379439a0. S2CID 4326465.
- ^ Engesser, B.; Kälin, D. (2017). "Eomys helveticus n. sp. and Eomys schluneggeri n. sp., two new small eomyids of the Chattian (MP 25/MP 26) subalpine Lower Freshwater Molasse of Switzerland" (PDF). Fossil Imprint. 73 (1–2): 213–224. doi:10.2478/if-2017-0012.
- ^ "Eomys". www.mindat.org.
External links
- Eomys in the Paleobiology Database
Media related to Eomys at Wikimedia Commons
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