Eutypomyidae

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Eutypomyidae
Temporal range: Early Eocene–Late Miocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Castoroidea
Family: Eutypomyidae
Miller & Gidley, 1918
Genera

Mattimys
Microeutypomys
Janimus
Eutypomys

Eutypomyidae is a family of extinct rodents from North America and Eurasia thought to be related to modern beavers. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Eutypomyidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  2. Korth, William W. (1994), Korth, William W. (ed.), "Eutypomyidae", The Tertiary Record of Rodents in North America, Topics in Geobiology, vol. 12, Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 125–133, doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-1444-6_12, ISBN   978-1-4899-1444-6 , retrieved 2023-04-15