Ellesmereomys
Appearance
Ellesmereomys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Genus: | Ellesmereomys |
Species: | E. haringtoni
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Binomial name | |
Ellesmereomys haringtoni Martin & Zakrzewski, 2023
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Ellesmereomys is an extinct genus of baranomyine cricetid that inhabited Ellesmere Island during the Pliocene epoch. It is known from a single species, E. haringtoni.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Martin, Robert A.; Zakrzewski, Richard J. (30 September 2022). "An unusual Pliocene arvicoline-like cricetid rodent from Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 42 (3). doi:10.1080/02724634.2023.2167605. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.