Anatolomys Explained

Anatolomys is an extinct genus of rodent, from the Baranomyinae subfamily of Cricetidae family.[1] It lived in Pliocene epoch, and its fossils had been found in China.[2] The only species in the genus, Anatolomys teilhardi, was described by Samuel Schaub in 1934.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Wilson Don E., Reeder DeeAnn M. (editors): Arvicolinae. In: Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 3. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
  2. Web site: Anatolomys Schaub, 1934. gbif.org.
  3. Web site: Anatolomys Schaub, 1934. irmng.org.