Micromomys

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Micromomys huwa ġeneru ta' mammiferi plaċentati estinti, eżattament uħud mill-mammiferi li huma l-aktar relatati fil-qrib mal-primati il-familja tax-xadini.

Din il-ġeneru qiegħed ikklassifikat fil-klassi Mammalia, fis-sottoklassi Theria, fl-infraklassi Eutheria (il-plaċentati), fis-superordni Euarchontoglires, fl-ordni Plesiadapiformes u fil-familja Micromomyidae, ma' 2 ġeneri oħra (Chaliconomys, Tinimomys).

Il-ġeneru fossilu Micromomys jiġbor 3 speċi biss estinti.

(għal aktar informazzjoni ara l-artiklu Plesiadapiformes)

[editja] Lista ta' l-ispeċi fil-ġeneru Micromomys

  • Ġeneru Micromomys (Szalay,1973)
    • Micromomys fremdi (Fox,1984)
    • Micromomys silvercouleei (Szalay,1973)
    • Micromomys vossae (Krause,1978)

[editja] Referenzi

  • Tassonomija tal-Mammiferi.
  • Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution. W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
  • Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648. in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution. W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. &McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level. Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631
  • Scott, C. S. & Fox, R. C., 2005: Windows on the evolution of Picrodus (Plesiadapiformes: Primates): morphology and relationships of a species complex from the Paleocene of Alberta.–Journal of Paleontology: Vol. 79, #4, pp. 635-657

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