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Stephanomys

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Stephanomys
Temporal range: Neogene–Quaternary
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Apodemini
Genus: Stephanomys
Schaub, 1938

Stephanomys is an extinct genus of murid rodent that inhabited Eurasia during the Neogene and Quaternary periods.

Distribution

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The species S. minor lived in Spain during the Late Pliocene.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Blain, Hugues-Alexandre; Přikryl, Tomáš; Piñero, Pedro; Sánchez-Bandera, Christian; Martínez-Monzón, Almudena; Fagoaga, Ana (1 February 2024). "Small vertebrates from the Late Pliocene Las Higueruelas locality of central Spain with new biochronological and palaeoecological inferences". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 635: 111929. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111929. Retrieved 7 November 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.