Gomphos
| Gomphos Temporal range: Early Eocene | |
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| Drawings and SEM images of cheek teeth of Gomphos elkema | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Eutheria |
| Superorder: | Euarchontoglires |
| (unranked): | Glires |
| Genus: | Gomphos Shevyreva, 1975 |
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Gomphos is an extinct genus of early lagomorph from the early Eocene some 55 million years ago of China and Mongolia. The type species is G. elkema. The Greek word γόμφος (Romanized gomphos) means "nail" but can also be used to signify molar teeth.
Sources
- The Beginning of the Age of Mammals by Kenneth D. Rose
- The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades by Kenneth D. Rose and J. David Archibald
External links
- Gomphos in the Paleobiology Database
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