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'''Eomyidae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[extinct]] [[rodent]]s from [[North America]] and [[Eurasia]] related to modern day [[pocket gopher]]s and [[Heteromyidae|kangaroo rats]]. They are known from the [[Middle Eocene]] to the [[Late Miocene]] in North America and from the [[Late Eocene]] to the [[Pleistocene]] in Eurasia.{{Sfnm|Emry|1a2=Wang|1a3=Tjutkova|1a4=Lucas|1997|McKenna|2a2=Bell|1997|Flynn|2007|3p=415}} Eomyids are generally small but occasionally large and tend to be squirrel-like in form and habits.{{Sfn|Flynn|2007|p=415}} The family includes the earliest known gliding rodent, ''[[Eomys|Eomys quercyi]]''.{{Sfn|Storch|Engesser|Wuttke|1996}}
'''Eomyidae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[extinct]] [[rodent]]s from [[North America]] and [[Eurasia]] related to modern day [[pocket gopher]]s and [[Heteromyidae|kangaroo rats]]. They are known from the [[Middle Eocene]] to the [[Late Miocene]] in North America and from the [[Late Eocene]] to the [[Pleistocene]] in Eurasia.{{Sfnm|Emry|1a2=Wang|1a3=Tjutkova|1a4=Lucas|1997|McKenna|2a2=Bell|1997|Flynn|2007|3p=415}} Eomyids were generally small, but occasionally large, and tended to be squirrel-like in form and habits.{{Sfn|Flynn|2007|p=415}} The family includes the earliest known gliding rodent, ''[[Eomys|Eomys quercyi]]''.{{Sfn|Storch|Engesser|Wuttke|1996}}


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The family includes the following genera:{{Sfnm|McKenna|1a2=Bell|1997|Flynn|2007}}<!-- main sources; sources for newly described and reallocated genera are cited below -->

Revision as of 11:12, 30 July 2017

Eomyidae
Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Pleistocene
Artist's impression of Eomys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: †Eomyoidea
Family: †Eomyidae
Winge, 1887
Subfamilies

†Apeomyinae
†Eomyinae
†Yoderimyinae

Eomyidae is a family of extinct rodents from North America and Eurasia related to modern day pocket gophers and kangaroo rats. They are known from the Middle Eocene to the Late Miocene in North America and from the Late Eocene to the Pleistocene in Eurasia.[1] Eomyids were generally small, but occasionally large, and tended to be squirrel-like in form and habits.[2] The family includes the earliest known gliding rodent, Eomys quercyi.[3]

The family includes the following genera:[4]

References

  1. ^ Emry 1997; McKenna 1997; Flynn 2007, p. 415.
  2. ^ Flynn 2007, p. 415.
  3. ^ Storch, Engesser & Wuttke 1996.
  4. ^ McKenna 1997; Flynn 2007.
  5. ^ Flynn 2007, pp. 417–418.
  6. ^ Emry et al. 1997.
  7. ^ a b Fejfar, Rummel & Tomida 1998.
  8. ^ a b Smith, Cifelli & Czaplewski 2006.
  9. ^ Korth 2007.
  10. ^ Maridet et al. 2011.
  11. ^ Emry & Korth 2012.
  12. ^ Korth 2008.

Literature cited

  • Emry, R.J.; Korth, W.W. (2012). "Early Chadronian (late Eocene) rodents from the Flagstaff Rim area, central Wyoming". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (2): 419–432. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.649329. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Emry, R.J.; Wang, B.; Tjutkova, L.A.; Lucas, S.G. (1997). "A Late Eocene eomyid rodent from the Zaysan Basin of Kazakhstan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17 (1): 229–234. doi:10.2307/4523799. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Fejfar, O.; Rummel, M.; Tomida, Y. (1998). "New eomyid genus and species from the Early Miocene (MN zones 3–4) of Europe and Japan related to Apeomys (Eomyidae, Rodentia, Mammalia)". National Science Museum Monographs. 14: 123–143. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Flynn, L.J. (2007). "Eomyidae". In Janis, C.M.; Gunnell, G.F.; Uhen, M.D (eds.). Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 2: Small Mammals, Xenarthrans, and Marine Mammals. Cambridge, England; New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 415–427. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Korth, W.W. (2007). "Mammals from the Blue Ash local fauna (Late Oligocene), South Dakota. Rodentia, Part 1: Families Eutypomyidae, Eomyidae, Heliscomyidae, and Zetamys". Paludicola. 6 (2): 31–40. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Korth, W.W. (2008). "Early Arikareean (Late Oligocene) Eomyidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from Nebraska". Paludicola. 6 (4): 144–154. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Maridet, O.; Wu, W.; Ye, J.; Ni, X.; Meng, J. (2011). "New discoveries of glirids and eomyids (Mammalia, Rodentia) in the Early Miocene of the Junggar basin (Northern Xinjiang province, China)". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 130 (2): 315–323. doi:10.1007/s13358-011-0022-7. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • McKenna, M.C.; Bell, S.K. (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 631. ISBN 978-0-231-11013-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Smith, K.S.; Cifelli, R.L.; Czaplewski, N.J. (2006). "A new genus of eomyid rodent from the Miocene of Nevada". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 51 (2): 385–392. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Storch, G.; Engesser, B.; Wuttke, M. (1996). "Oldest fossil record of gliding in rodents". Nature. 379 (6564): 439–441. doi:10.1038/379439a0. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)


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