Karydomys
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Karydomys is a genus of fossil Eurasian hamster
-like rodents in the subfamily Democricetodontinae
from the Langhian
stage in the middle Miocene epoch.
Hamster
Hamsters are rodents belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae. The subfamily contains about 25 species, classified in six or seven genera....
-like rodents in the subfamily Democricetodontinae
Democricetodontinae
Democricetodontinae is a subfamily of fossil rodents from Miocene epoch.Democricetodontini was named by Lindsay in 1987. It is not extant. It was considered paraphyletic by Lindsay in 1987. It was reranked as the subfamily Democricetodontinae by Theocharopoulos in 2000 and was assigned to...
from the Langhian
Langhian
The Langhian is, in the ICS geologic timescale, an age or stage in the middle Miocene epoch/series. It spans the time between 15.97 ± 0.05 Ma and 13.65 ± 0.05 Ma . The Langhian was a continuing warming period defined by Lorenzo Pareto in 1864, it was originally established in the Langhe area north...
stage in the middle Miocene epoch.
Species
- Karydomys boskosi, C.D. Theocharopoulos 2000, found in Greece
- Karydomys dzerzhinskii, Kordikova & De Bruijn, 2001, found in Kazakhstan
- Karydomys symeonidisi
- Karydomys wigharti, found in Germany
- Karydomys zapfei