Basirepomys

Basirepomys
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Basirepomys
Korth & De Blieux, 2010
Species
  • B. pliocenicus (Wilson, 1937)
  • B. robertsi Korth & De Blieux, 2010

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.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 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. doi:10.1080/02724630903412448.