Tsaganomys

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Tsaganomys
Temporal range: Early Oligocene to ?Early Miocene
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Fossil skull and jaws (IVPP V11390) of T. altaicus, Paleozoological Museum of China
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family:† Tsaganomyidae
Genus:† Tsaganomys
Matthew & Granger, 1923
Species:
†T. altaicus
Binomial name
†Tsaganomys altaicus
Matthew & Granger, 1923

Tsaganomys altaicus is an extinct species of rodent from Asia, and the only species in the genus Tsaganomys. [1]

Skull reconstruction Tsaganomys altaicus.jpg
Skull reconstruction

Junior synonyms and likely junior synonyms: [2]

References

  1. ↑ Wang, B. (2001). "On Tsaganomyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) of Asia". American Museum Novitates (3317): 1–50. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2001)317<0001:OTRMOA>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/2933. S2CID   59323419.
  2. ↑ Cranial Anatomy and Phylogenetic Position of Tsaganomys altaicus (Mammalia: Rodentia) from the Hsanda Gol Formation (Oligocene), Mongolia, American Museum Novitates, Number 3156, December 29, 1995


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