Parapelomys
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| Parapelomys Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | †Parapelomys |
| Species: | †P. robertsi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Parapelomys robertsi Jacobs, 1978
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Parapelomys is an extinct genus of murid rodent that lived during the Neogene.
Palaeoecology
[edit | edit source]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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