Mojavemyinae is an extinct subfamily of geomyoid rodents. When Mojavemyinae was named, it was not assigned to a family, with a relationship to either Geomyidae or Heteromyidae considered equally likely (Korth and Chaney, 1999), but consensus places the type genus, Mojavemys, in Geomyidae (McKenna and Bell, 1997; Feranec et al., 2005).
| Mojavemyinae Temporal range: middle to late Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Geomyidae (?) |
| Subfamily: | †Mojavemyinae Korth and Chaney, 1999 |
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References
edit- Feranec, R.S., Barnosky, A.D. and Quang, C.N. 2005. New populations and biogeographic patterns of the geomyid rodents Lignimus and Mojavemys from the Barstovian of western Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(4):962-975.
- Korth, W.W., and Chaney, D.S. 1999. A new subfamily of geomyoid rodents (Mammalia) and a possible origin of Geomyidae. Journal of Paleontology 73(6):1191-1200. [1]
- McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8
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