''Tribosphenomys'' is a genus of extinct
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are roden ...
that lived during
Late Paleocene
The Thanetian is, in the ICS Geologic timescale, the latest age or uppermost stratigraphic stage of the Paleocene Epoch or Series. It spans the time between . The Thanetian is preceded by the Selandian Age and followed by the Ypresian Age (part ...
of Northern
China and
Mongolia
Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 millio ...
.
References
External links
Tribosphenomys minutusat Paleozoological Museum of China official website (Chinese)
Tribosphenomysat fossilworks
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Paleocene rodents
Paleogene mammals of Asia
Fossils of China
Fossil taxa described in 1994