Farangimys
Appearance
Farangimys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Superfamily: | Geomyoidea |
Genus: | †Farangimys |
Species: | †F. megalotrogos
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Binomial name | |
†Farangimys megalotrogos Calede & Socki, 2025
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Farangimys is an extinct genus of geomyoid that lived during the Neogene.
Distribution
[edit]Farangimys megalotrogos fossils are known from the Pawnee Creek Beds of Colorado.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Calede, Jonathan J.-M.; Socki, Francesca M. (3 March 2025). "A new stem geomyoid helps elucidate the palaeoecology and evolutionary history of geomorph rodents". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 23 (1). doi:10.1080/14772019.2025.2456620. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 9 March 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.