Archetypomys

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Archetypomys
Fossil range: early Eocene

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	†Archetypomyidae Meng et al., 2007
Genus:	†Archetypomys Meng et al., 2007
Species:	†A. erlianensis

Binomial name

†Archetypomys erlianensis
Meng et al., 2007

Archetypomys is an extinct genus of early Eocene rodent and the only member of the family Archetypomyidae. A single species, Archetypomys erlianensis, has been described from Inner Mongolia. Archetypomys was a very small rodent intermediate in morphology between the basal rodent family Alagomyidae and more advanced rodents (Meng et al., 2007).

[edit] References

Meng, J., C. Li, X. Ni, Y. Wang, and K.C. Beard. 2007. A new Eocene rodent from the lower Arshanto Formation in the Nuhetingboerhe (Camp Margetts) area, Inner Mongolia. American Museum Novitates, 3569:1-18. [1]

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Sciuromorpha	†Allomyidae · Aplodontiidae · †Mylagaulidae · †Reithroparamyidae · Sciuridae · Gliridae

Castorimorpha	†Eutypomyidae · Castoridae · †Rhizospalacidae · †Eomyidae · †Florentiamyidae · †Heliscomyidae · Heteromyidae · Geomyidae

Myomorpha	†Armintomyidae · Dipodidae · †Anomalomyidae · †Simimyidae · Platacanthomyidae · Spalacidae · Calomyscidae · Nesomyidae · Cricetidae · Muridae

Anomaluromorpha	Anomaluridae · †Parapedetidae · Pedetidae

Hystricomorpha	†Tamquammyidae · †Gobiomyidae · Ctenodactylidae · Diatomyidae · †Yuomyidae · †Chapattimyidae · †Tsaganomyidae · †"Baluchimyinae" · †Bathyergoididae · Bathyergidae · Hystricidae · †Myophiomyidae · †Diamantomyidae · †Phiomyidae · †Kenyamyidae · Petromuridae · Thryonomyidae · Erethizontidae · Chinchillidae · Dinomyidae · †Cephalomyidae · Caviidae · Dasyproctidae · †Eocardiidae · Cuniculidae · Ctenomyidae · Octodontidae · †Neoepiblemidae · Abrocomidae · Echimyidae · Myocastoridae · Capromyidae · †Heptaxodontidae

Prehistoric rodents (incertae sedis)	†Eurymylidae · †Alagomyidae · †Archetypomyidae · †Cocomyidae · †Ivanantoniidae · †Laredomyidae · †Ischyromyidae · †Theridomyidae · †Protoptychidae · †Zegdoumyidae · †Sciuravidae · †Cylindrodontidae · †Zelomyidae

† indicates extinct taxa