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Rhizospalax Temporal range: Late Oligocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Suborder: | Castorimorpha |
Superfamily: | Castoroidea |
Family: | †Rhizospalacidae Thaler, 1966 |
Genus: | †Rhizospalax Miller & Gidley, 1919 |
Rhizospalax is a genus of extinct rodent from Europe thought to be distantly related to modern beavers. It is the only member of the family Rhizospalacidae.
References
- Hugueney, Marguerite; Mein, Pierre (1 September 1993). "A comment on the earliest spalacinae (rodentia, Muroidea)". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 1 (3): 215–223. doi:10.1007/BF01024708. ISSN 1573-7055.
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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Rhizospalax |
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