Armintomys
| Armintomys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Suborder: | Myomorpha |
| Family: | †Armintomyidae Dawson, Krishtalka, & Stucky, 1990 |
| Genus: | †Armintomys Dawson, Krishtalka, & Stucky, 1990 |
| Species: | †A. tullbergi
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| †Armintomys tullbergi Dawson, Krishtalka, & Stucky, 1990
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Armintomys is an extinct genus of rodent from North America related to jerboas and jumping mice. It is the only genus in the family Armintomyidae. It is the oldest known example of a hystricomorphous zygomasseteric dentition, and lived during the early Eocene.[1]
References[]
- ^ Dawson, Mary R.; Krishtalka, Leonard; Stucky, Richard K. (June 8, 1990). "Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. IX - The oldest known hystricomorphous rodent (Mammalia: Rodentia)". Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Annals. NASA. 59 (2). ISSN 0097-4463. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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