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| Archetypomys Temporal range: early Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | †Archetypomyidae Meng et al., 2007 |
| Genus: | †Archetypomys Meng et al., 2007 |
| Species: | †A. erlianensi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Archetypomys erlianensi Meng et al. 2007 | |
Archetypomys is an extinct genus of early Eocene rodent and the only member of the family Archetypomyidae. A single species, Archetypomys erlianensis, has been described from Inner Mongolia. Archetypomys was a very small rodent intermediate in morphology between the basal rodent family Alagomyidae and more advanced rodents.
References
- Meng, J.; Li, C.; Ni, X.; Wang, Y.; Beard, K.C. (2007). "A new Eocene rodent from the lower Arshanto Formation in the Nuhetingboerhe (Camp Margetts) area, Inner Mongolia". American Museum Novitates (3569): 1–18. hdl:2246/5860.
| Prehistoric families in order Rodentia | |
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| Sciuromorpha | |
| Castorimorpha | |
| Myomorpha | |
| Anomaluromorpha | |
| Hystricomorpha | |
| Theridomorpha |
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| incertae sedis | |
| See also: Category | |
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Archetypomys | |
| Archetypomyidae | |
| Archetypomys erlianensi | |
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