Mojavemyinae

Mojavemyinae
Mojavemyinae
Temporal range: middle to late Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Castorimorpha
Superfamily: Geomyoidea
Family: ?Geomyidae
Subfamily: †Mojavemyinae
Korth and Chaney, 1999
Genera
  • †Mojavemys
  • †Phelosaccomys

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).

References

  • 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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