Stephanomys is an extinct genus of murid rodent that inhabited Eurasia during the Neogene and Quaternary periods.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Tribe: | Apodemini |
| Genus: | †Stephanomys Schaub, 1938 |
Distribution
editThe species S. minor lived in Spain during the Late Pliocene.[1]
References
edit- ^ Blain, Hugues-Alexandre; Přikryl, Tomáš; Piñero, Pedro; Sánchez-Bandera, Christian; Martínez-Monzón, Almudena; Fagoaga, Ana (1 February 2024). "Small vertebrates from the Late Pliocene Las Higueruelas locality of central Spain with new biochronological and palaeoecological inferences". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 635: 111929. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111929. Retrieved 7 November 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.