Basirepomys

Basirepomys
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: †Basirepomys
Korth & De Blieux, 2010
Type species
Peromyscus pliocenicus
Wilson 1937[3]
Species[2]
  • Basirepomys pliocenicus (Wilson, 1937)
  • Basirepomys robertsi Korth & De Blieux, 2010
  • Basirepomys romensis Korth 2011[1]

Basirepomys is an extinct genus of Cricetidae that existed in the United States during the Late Miocene period. It contains the species B. pliocenicus and B. robertsi.[4]

References

  1. ^ W. W. Korth. 2011. New Species of Cricetid Rodents (Mammalia) from the Late Miocene (Hemphillian) Previously Referred to Peromyscus pliocenicus Wilson. Annals of Carnegie Museum 79(2):137-147
  2. ^ "PBDB Taxon".
  3. ^ R. W. Wilson. 1937. New middle Pliocene rodent and lagomorph faunas from Oregon and California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 487(1):2-19
  4. ^ William W. Korth & Donald D. De Blieux (2010). "Rodents and Lagomorphs (Mammalia) from the Hemphillian (Late Miocene) of Utah". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (1): 226–235. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30..226K. doi:10.1080/02724630903412448. S2CID 86523898.
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