Archetypomys

Taxobox
name = "Archetypomys"
fossil_range = early Eocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = †Archetypomyidae
familia_authority = Meng et al., 2007
genus = †"Archetypomys"
genus_authority = Meng et al., 2007
species = †"A. erlianensis"
binomial = †"Archetypomys erlianensis"
binomial_authority = Meng et al., 2007

"Archetypomys" is an extinct genus of early Eocene rodent and the only member of the family Archetypomyidae. A single species, "Archetypomys erlianensis", has been described from Inner Mongolia. "Archetypomys" was a very small rodent intermediate in morphology between the basal rodent family Alagomyidae and more advanced rodents (Meng et al., 2007).

References

*Meng, J., C. Li, X. Ni, Y. Wang, and K.C. Beard. 2007. A new Eocene rodent from the lower Arshanto Formation in the Nuhetingboerhe (Camp Margetts) area, Inner Mongolia. American Museum Novitates, 3569:1-18. [http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5860]