Pliomys
Extinct genus of rodents
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | †Pliomys Méhely 1914[1] |
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Pliomys is an extinct genus of forest voles, subfamily Arvicolinae, tribe Pliomyini.[4] One member is the extinct species Pliomys episcopalis.[citation needed] The genus was described by Méhely in 1914, and is paraphyletic with respect to Dinaromys.[5]
References
- ^ Méhely. 1914. A Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum Természetrajzi Osztályainak Folyóirata. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 12
- ^ C. Radulesco and P. -M. Samson. 1996. Pliocene and Early Pleistocene arvicolids (Rodentia, Mammalia) of the Dacic Basin, Romania. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 39(1):401–406
- ^ "PBDB Taxon".
- ^ Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- ^ "Mikko's Phylogeny Archive". Archived from the original on 26 August 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
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