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Stephanomys

Stephanomys is an extinct genus of murid rodent that inhabited Eurasia during the Neogene and Quaternary periods.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Apodemini
Genus: Stephanomys
Schaub, 1938

Stephanomys is an extinct genus of murid rodent that inhabited Eurasia during the Neogene and Quaternary periods.

Distribution

The species S. minor lived in Spain during the Late Pliocene.1

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References

  1. Blain, Hugues-Alexandre; Přikryl, Tomáš; Piñero, Pedro; Sánchez-Bandera, Christian; Martínez-Monzón, Almudena; Fagoaga, Ana (1 February 2024). "Small vertebrates from the Late Pliocene Las Higueruelas locality of central Spain with new biochronological and palaeoecological inferences". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 635 111929. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111929. Retrieved 7 November 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.