Tribosphenomys
| Tribosphenomys Temporal range: | |
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| Holotype of T. minutus (IVPP V10775), Paleozoological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | †Alagomyidae |
| Genus: | †Tribosphenomys Meng et al., 1994 |
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Tribosphenomys is an extinct genus of alagomyid rodent that lived during Late Paleocene of Northern China and Mongolia.[1]
Description
The molars of Tribosphenomys lack metalophids and have columnar, well separated cusps.[2]
References
- ↑ "Tribosphenomys". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ↑ Harjunmaa, Enni; Seidel, Kerstin; Häkkinen, Teemu; Renvoisé, Elodie; Corfe, Ian J.; Kallonen, Aki; Zhang, Zhao-Qun; Evans, Alistair R.; Mikkola, Marja L.; Salazar-Ciudad, Isaac; Klein, Ophir D.; Jernvall, Jukka (30 July 2014). "Replaying evolutionary transitions from the dental fossil record". Nature. 512 (7512): 44–48. doi:10.1038/nature13613. ISSN 0028-0836. PMC 4252015. PMID 25079326. Retrieved 10 April 2026 – via Nature Publishing Group.
External links
- Tribosphenomys minutus at Paleozoological Museum of China official website (Chinese)
- Tribosphenomys at fossilworks