Microtodon

{{Short description|Extinct genus of rodent}}

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|authority = Miller, 1928

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Microtodon is an extinct genus of rodent, from the Baranomyinae subfamily of Cricetidae family.Wilson Don E., Reeder DeeAnn M. (editors): [http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000154 Arvicolinae]. In: Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 3. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. It lived in Pliocene epoch.{{cite web|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4828613|title=Anatolomys Schaub, 1934|website=gbif.org}} It was described by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. in 1928.M. C. McKenna, S. K. Bell: Classification of mammals – above the species level. New York City: Columbia University Press, 1997, p. xii-631.

Species

  • Microtodon atavus (Shotwell, 1924)
  • Microtodon mimus (Shotwell, 1956){{cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/search.php?search=Microtodon|title=Microtodon|website=mindat.org}}

References

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Category:Cricetidae

Category:Prehistoric rodents

Category:Fossil taxa described in 1928

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