Tsaganomys

Tsaganomys
Temporal range: Early Oligocene to ?Early Miocene
Fossil skull and jaws (IVPP V11390) of T. altaicus, Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: †Tsaganomyidae
Genus: †Tsaganomys
Matthew & Granger, 1923
Species:
†T. altaicus
Binomial name
†Tsaganomys altaicus

Tsaganomys altaicus is an extinct species of rodent from Asia, and the only species in the genus Tsaganomys.

Skull reconstruction

Junior synonyms and likely junior synonyms:

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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