Apodemus gorafensis

Apodemus gorafensis
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Apodemus
Species:
A. gorafensis
Binomial name
Apodemus gorafensis
Ruiz Bustos et al., 1984

Apodemus gorafensis is an extinct species of murid rodent in the genus Apodemus that lived in Europe and Anatolia during the Neogene period.

Distribution

A. gorafensis is known from fossils found in Spain,[1] Greece,[2] and Turkey.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Ruiz Bustos, A.; Sesé, C.; Dabrio, C.; Peña, J. A.; Padial, J. (30 August 1984). "Geología y fauna de micromamíferos del nuevo yacimiento del Plioceno inferior de Gorafe-A (depresión de Guadix-Baza, Granada)". Estudios Geológicos. 40 (3–4): 231–242. doi:10.3989/egeol.84403-4664. ISSN 1988-3250. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Vasileiadou, Katerina; Konidaris, George; Koufos, George D. (4 April 2012). "New data on the micromammalian locality of Kessani (Thrace, Greece) at the Mio-Pliocene boundary". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 92 (2): 211–237. doi:10.1007/s12549-012-0075-7. ISSN 1867-1594. Retrieved 30 September 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.
  3. ↑ Sen, Sevket; Karadenizli, Levent; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier; Saraç, Gerçek (January 2019). "Late Miocene−early Pliocene rodents and lagomorphs (Mammalia) from the southern part of Çankırı Basin, Turkey". Journal of Paleontology. 93 (1): 173–195. doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.60. ISSN 0022-3360. Retrieved 30 September 2025 – via Cambridge Core.