Parapelomys

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Parapelomys
Temporal range: Neogene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Parapelomys
Species:
P. robertsi
Binomial name
Parapelomys robertsi
Jacobs, 1978

Parapelomys is an extinct genus of murid rodent that lived during the Neogene.

Palaeoecology

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Parapelomys robertsi had much lower δ13C values than the contemporary Karnimata huxleyi, suggesting the former consumed grass much less often than the latter.[1]

References

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