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Extinct genus of rodents

Paronychomys
Temporal range: Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ 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
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: †Paronychomys
Jacobs, 1977

Paronychomys is an extinct genus of Cricetidae that existed in Arizona during the Hemphillian period.

Taxonomy

Three species of Paronychomys are known: P. alticuspis, P. lemredfieldi, and P. tuttlei. "Paronychomys" shotwelli, described by Korth (2011) from Hemphilian-age deposits in Oregon, is now placed in the separate genus Tsaphanomys.

References

  1. William W. Korth & Donald D. De Blieux (2010). "Rodents and Lagomorphs (Mammalia) from the Hemphillian (Late Miocene) of Utah". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (1): 226–235. doi:10.1080/02724630903412448. S2CID 86523898.
  2. L. L. Jacobs. 1977. Rodents of the Hemphillian age Redington local fauna, San Pedro Valley, Arizona. Journal of Paleontology 51(3):505-519
  3. J. A. Baskin. 1979. Small Mammals of the Hemphillian Age White Cone Local Fauna, Northeastern Arizona. Journal of Paleontology 53(3):695-708
  4. W. W. Korth. 2011. New Species of Cricetid Rodents (Mammalia) from the Late Miocene (Hemphillian) Previously Referred to Peromyscus pliocenicus Wilson. Annals of Carnegie Museum 79(2):137-147
  5. Robert A. Martin; Richard J. Zakrzewski (2019). "On the ancestry of woodrats". Journal of Mammalogy. in press. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyz105.
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Paronychomys


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