Microtheriomys

Microtheriomys
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Castoridae
Subfamily: †Agnotocastorinae
Tribe: †Anchitheriomyini
Genus: †
Species:
†M. brevirhinus
Binomial name
†Microtheriomys brevirhinus
Korth & Samuels, 2015

Microtheriomys is an extinct genus of anchitheriomyine castorid that lived during the Arikareean.

Distribution

Microtheriomys brevirhinus is known from the John Day Formation of Oregon.[1]

References

  1. ^ Korth, William W.; Samuels, Joshua X. (1 May 2015). "New Rodent Material from the John Day Formation (Arikareean, Middle Oligocene to Early Miocene) of Oregon". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 83 (1): 19–84. Bibcode:2015AnCM...83...19K. doi:10.2992/007.083.0102. ISSN 0097-4463. Retrieved 17 April 2025 – via BioOne Digital Library.


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