Potwarmus

Potwarmus Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	† Potwarmus Lindsey, 1988
Species
Potwarmus primitivusWessels et al., 1982 Potwarmus thailandicusJaeger et al., 1985 Potwarmus flynniLópez Antoñanzas, 2009 Potwarmus mahmoodiLindsay & Flynn, 2016

Potwarmus is an extinct genus of murid rodent that lived in Asia and North Africa during the Miocene epoch.

Taxonomy

The genus contains four species. The type species, Potwarmus primitivus, was described based on fossils found in the Chinji Formation of Pakistan and originally considered a species of Antemus before the genus Potwarmus was erected in 1988. The species Potwarmus thailandicus from Thailand was likewise classified under Antemus when it was described in 1985 prior to the erection of Potwarmus as a new genus. Potwarmus flynni, known from Middle Miocene Hofuf Formation of Saudi Arabia, was described in 2009. ^[1] Potwarmus mahmoodi was described in 2016 based on fossils from the Zinda Pir Dome of western Pakistan. ^[2] An undescribed species is known from Libya. ^[1]

References

1. López Antoñanzas, Raquel (2 July 2009). "First Potwarmus from the Miocene of Saudi Arabia and the early phylogeny of murines (Rodentia: Muroidea)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 156 (3): 664–679. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00494.x . Retrieved 18 October 2025– via Oxford Academic.
2. Lindsay, Everett H.; Flynn, Lawrence J. (17 February 2016). "Late Oligocene and Early Miocene Muroidea of the Zinda Pir Dome". Historical Biology . 28 (1–2): 215–236. doi:10.1080/08912963.2015.1027888. ISSN   0891-2963 . Retrieved 18 October 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.