Tsaganomys altaicus is an extinct species of rodent from Asia, and the only species in the genus Tsaganomys.[1]
Tsaganomys Temporal range: Early Oligocene to ?Early Miocene
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Fossil skull and jaws (IVPP V11390) of T. altaicus, Paleozoological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | †Tsaganomyidae |
Genus: | †Tsaganomys Matthew & Granger, 1923 |
Species: | †T. altaicus
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Binomial name | |
†Tsaganomys altaicus |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Tsaganomys_altaicus.jpg/183px-Tsaganomys_altaicus.jpg)
Junior synonyms and likely junior synonyms: [2]
- Cyclomylus lohensis
- Cyclomylus minutus
- Sepulkomys eboretus
- Beatomus bisus
- Pseudotsaganomys mongolicus
- Pseudotsaganomys turgaicus
References
edit- ^ Wang, B. (2001). "On Tsaganomyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) of Asia". American Museum Novitates (3317): 1–50. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2001)317<0001:OTRMOA>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/2933. S2CID 59323419.
- ^ Cranial Anatomy and Phylogenetic Position of Tsaganomys altaicus (Mammalia: Rodentia) from the Hsanda Gol Formation (Oligocene), Mongolia, American Museum Novitates, Number 3156, December 29, 1995