Sicista primus

Sicista primus; Temporal range: Burdigalian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sminthidae
Genus:	Sicista
Species:	†S. primus
Binomial name
	†Sicista primus; Kimura, 2011

Last updated February 23, 2025

Sicista primus is an extinct species of rodent in the genus Sicista that lived during the Burdigalian stage of the Miocene Epoch.

Distribution

Sicista primus fossils are known from the Gashunyinadege fossil site in central Inner Mongolia.^[1]

References

↑ Kimura, Yuri (January 2011). "The earliest record of birch mice from the Early Miocene Nei Mongol, China". Naturwissenschaften . 98 (1): 87–95. doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0744-1. ISSN 0028-1042 . Retrieved 21 February 2025– via Springer Nature Link.

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[1] Kimura, Yuri (January 2011). "The earliest record of birch mice from the Early Miocene Nei Mongol, China". Naturwissenschaften . 98 (1): 87–95. doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0744-1. ISSN 0028-1042 . Retrieved 21 February 2025– via Springer Nature Link.

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