Rhagapodemus

Rhagapodemus; Temporal range: Late Miocene - Mid Pleistocene 5.4–.12 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	†Rhagapodemus; Kretzoi, 1958
Species
	R. debruijni; R. minor; R. primeavus ; R. vandeweerdi

Rhagapodemus is a genus of extinct rodent from the Miocene to Pleistocene periods.^[1] Most species are known from European localities, although R. debruijni comes from India.^[2]

Taxonomy[]

Rhagapodemus was closely related to the field mice of the genus Apodemus. One species, R. minor, is considered ancestral to another extinct genus, Rhagamys,^[3] which was endemic to Sardinia and Corsica up until the end of the Pleistocene.^[4]

References[]

^ "Rhagapodemus". Fossilworks.
^ Kotlia, B.S., Storch, G. & Dahlmann, T. (1998). "Rhagapodemus debruijni from the Pliocene of Kashmir Basin: First record ofRhagapodemus from India (Mammalia: Rodentia)". Senckenbergiana Lethaea. 78 (1–2): 213–216. doi:10.1007/BF03042771. S2CID 128280971.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Piras, Paolo & Sansalone, Gabriele & Marcolini, Federica & Tuveri, Caterinella & Arca, Marisa & Kotsakis, Tassos (2012). "Evolutionary trends and stasis in molar morphology of Rhagapodemus-Rhagamys lineage in the Pleistocene of Sardinia". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 118: 533–541. doi:10.13130/2039-4942/6018.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ van der Geer, Alexandra; Lyras, George; de Vos, John (April 27, 2021). Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands. Wiley. p. 534. ISBN 9781119675747.

[1] "Rhagapodemus". Fossilworks.

[2] Kotlia, B.S., Storch, G. & Dahlmann, T. (1998). "Rhagapodemus debruijni from the Pliocene of Kashmir Basin: First record ofRhagapodemus from India (Mammalia: Rodentia)". Senckenbergiana Lethaea. 78 (1–2): 213–216. doi:10.1007/BF03042771. S2CID 128280971.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] Piras, Paolo & Sansalone, Gabriele & Marcolini, Federica & Tuveri, Caterinella & Arca, Marisa & Kotsakis, Tassos (2012). "Evolutionary trends and stasis in molar morphology of Rhagapodemus-Rhagamys lineage in the Pleistocene of Sardinia". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 118: 533–541. doi:10.13130/2039-4942/6018.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[4] van der Geer, Alexandra; Lyras, George; de Vos, John (April 27, 2021). Evolution of Island Mammals: Adaptation and Extinction of Placental Mammals on Islands. Wiley. p. 534. ISBN 9781119675747.

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