Ivanantonia

Ivanantonia
Temporal range: early Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Ivanantonia
Shevyreva, 1989
Species:
I. efremovi
Binomial name
Ivanantonia efremovi
Shevyreva, 1989

Ivanantonia is the only genus in the extinct rodent family Ivanantoniidae and is represented by a single species, Ivanantonia efremovi, from the early Eocene of Mongolia. Ivanantonia is poorly known, with only the lower dentition represented. The genus is unusual among early rodents in lacking all lower premolars and in showing evidence of propalinal chewing.[1] The relationships of Ivanantonia are unclear. It was described as a ctenodactyloid. Hartenberger et al. suggested a potential relationship to the muroid Nonomys but declined to assign Ivanantoniidae to a suborder within Rodentia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hartenberger, Jean-Louis; Dashzeveg, Demberelyin; Martin, Thomas (1 April 1997). "What isIvanantonia efremovi (Rodentia, Mammalia)?". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 71 (1): 135–143. Bibcode:1997PalZ...71..135H. doi:10.1007/BF03022555.
  • Hartenberger, Jean-Louis; Dashzeveg, Demberelyin; Martin, Thomas (1997). "What is Ivanantonia efremovi (Rodentia, Mammalia)?". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 71 (1–2): 135–143. Bibcode:1997PalZ...71..135H. doi:10.1007/bf03022555. S2CID 83663943.
  • Shevyreva, N.S. 2007. 1989. New rodents (Ctenodactyloidea, Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Lower Eocene of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal, 3: 60–72.

Further reading

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  • D. Dashzeveg, J.-L. Hartenberger, T. Martin and S. Legendre. 1998. A peculiar minute Glires (Mammalia) from the early Eocene of Mongolia. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 34:194–209