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Extinct genus of rodents

Armintomys
Temporal range: 50.3–46.2 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Myomorpha
Family: Armintomyidae
Dawson, Krishtalka, & Stucky, 1990
Genus: Armintomys
Dawson, Krishtalka, & Stucky, 1990
Species: A. tullbergi
Binomial name
Armintomys tullbergi
Dawson, Krishtalka, & Stucky, 1990

Armintomys is an extinct genus of rodent from North America related to jerboas and jumping mice. It is the only genus in the family Armintomyidae. It lived during the early Eocene, and is the oldest known example of a hystricomorphous zygomasseteric dentition. In addition, Armintomys is also the oldest known rodent that had an incisor enamel transition from pauciserial to uniserial. Its remains have only been found in the Wind River Basin in Wyoming, and could be found there during the species' existence on Earth. It was previously assumed that Armintomys belonged to the Dipodoidea family, but has since been understood to have been part of an early radiation of dipodoid rodents, but was not directly ancestral to any later dipodoids, thus it was recategorized into its own family.

References

  1. Dawson, Mary R.; Krishtalka, Leonard; Stucky, Richard K. (June 8, 1990). "Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. IX - The oldest known hystricomorphous rodent (Mammalia: Rodentia)". Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Annals. 59 (2). NASA. doi:10.5962/p.240768. ISSN 0097-4463. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  2. "Mammal Species of the World - Browse: Dipodidae". www.departments.bucknell.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  3. Dawson, Mary R.; Krishtalka, Leonard; Stucky, Richard K. (1990-06-08). "Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. IX - The oldest known hystricomorphous rodent (Mammalia: Rodentia)". Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Annals. 59 (2). doi:10.5962/p.240768. ISSN 0097-4463.
  4. Korth, William W. (2013-11-21). The Tertiary Record of Rodents in North America. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-1-4899-1444-6.
Prehistoric families in order Rodentia
Sciuromorpha
Castorimorpha
Myomorpha
Anomaluromorpha
Hystricomorpha
Theridomorpha
incertae sedis
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Myomorpha
Myomorpha
Anomalomyidae
Dipodoidea
Dipodidae
Allactaginae
Cardiocraniinae
Dipodinae
Dipodini
Paradipodini
Euchoreutinae
Simimyidae
Sminthidae
Zapodidae
Muroidea
Armintomyidae
Platacanthomyidae
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Rhizomyinae
Spalacinae
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Taxon identifiers
Armintomys
Armintomys tullbergi
Armintomyidae


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