Eomys_quercyi

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Eomys

Extinct genus of rodents

Eomys is an extinct genus of eomyid rodent from the late Oligocene of France, Germany, Spain, and possibly Turkey. The species Eomys quercyi is the earliest known gliding rodent.[1][2]

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Species

Source: mindat.org[3]

  • E. alulghensis Cuenca & Canudo, 1994
  • E. antiquus (Aymard, 1853)
  • E. ebnatensis Engesser, 1987
  • E. fahlbuschi Ünay-Bayraktar, 1989
  • E. gigas Comte & Vianey-Liaud, 1987
  • E. helveticus Engesser & Kalin, 2017
  • E. huerzeleri Engesser, 1982
  • E. major Freudenberg, 1941
  • E. molassicus Engesser, 1987
  • E. minor Comte & Vianey-Liaud, 1987
  • E. quercyi Comte & Vianey-Liaud, 1987
  • E. schluneggeri Engesser & Kalin, 2017

References

  1. [1]
    Storch, G.; Engesser, B.; Wuttke, M. (1996). "Oldest fossil record of gliding in rodents". Nature. 379 (6564): 439–441. doi:10.1038/379439a0. S2CID 4326465.
  2. [2]
    Engesser, B.; Kälin, D. (2017). "Eomys helveticus n. sp. and Eomys schluneggeri n. sp., two new small eomyids of the Chattian (MP 25/MP 26) subalpine Lower Freshwater Molasse of Switzerland" (PDF). Fossil Imprint. 73 (1–2): 213–224. doi:10.2478/if-2017-0012.
  3. [3]
    "Eomys". www.mindat.org.

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