Progonomys

Extinct genus of murid rodent From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Progonomys is an extinct genus of murid rodent that lived in Africa and Eurasia during the Miocene epoch.[1]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
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Progonomys
Temporal range: Miocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: †Progonomys
Schaub, 1938
Type species
Progonomys cathalai
Schaub, 1938
Other species

Progonomys hispanicus Van der Weerd, 1976

Progonomys orientalis Schaub, 1938

Progonomys woelferi Bachmayer and Wilson, 1970

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Description

Progonomys clauzoni possesses a first mandibular molar with no anterocentral cusp, alternating positions of labial and longitudinal cusp rows, and a symmetric anteroconid.[2]

Palaeobiology

Palaeoecology

Because cf. Progonomys from Tortonian deposits in the Siwalik Hills lacked modified radial enamel in its incisors, it is believed to have eaten a diet composed of leaves, flowers, seeds, fleshy roots, and insects.[3]

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