Asiomys
Appearance
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Asiomys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | †Ischyromyidae |
Genus: | †Asiomys |
Species: | †A. dawsoni
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Binomial name | |
†Asiomys dawsoni Qi, 1987
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Asiomys is an extinct genus of ischyromyid rodent that lived during the Eocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Asiomys dawsoni is known from fossils discovered in the Irdin Manha Formation of Inner Mongolia, China.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Fostowicz-Frelik, Łucja; López-Torres, Sergi; Li, Qian (2 June 2021). "Tarsal morphology of ischyromyid rodents from the middle Eocene of China gives an insight into the group's diversity in Central Asia". Scientific Reports. 11 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-90796-1. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8172891. PMID 34078948. Retrieved 22 June 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.