Microtheriomys
| Microtheriomys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Castoridae |
| Subfamily: | †Agnotocastorinae |
| Tribe: | †Anchitheriomyini |
| Genus: | † |
| Species: | †M. brevirhinus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Microtheriomys brevirhinus Korth & Samuels, 2015
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Microtheriomys is an extinct genus of anchitheriomyine castorid that lived during the Arikareean.
Distribution
Microtheriomys brevirhinus is known from the John Day Formation of Oregon.[1]
References
- ^ Korth, William W.; Samuels, Joshua X. (1 May 2015). "New Rodent Material from the John Day Formation (Arikareean, Middle Oligocene to Early Miocene) of Oregon". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 83 (1): 19–84. Bibcode:2015AnCM...83...19K. doi:10.2992/007.083.0102. ISSN 0097-4463. Retrieved 17 April 2025 – via BioOne Digital Library.