Name:
Erlianomys.
Phonetic: Er-le-an-o-nem-iss.
Named By: Q. Li & J. Meng - 2010.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia,
Myodonta.
Species: E. combinatus
(type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Mongolia - Arshanto Formation.
Time period: Early Eocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Erlianomys is a genus of myodont rodent that lived in Mongolia during the Eocene.
Further reading
- Erlianomys combinatus, a primitive myodont
rodent from the Eocene
Arshanto Formation, Nuhetingboerhe, Nei Mongol, China. -
Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48 (2): 133–144. - Q. Li
& J. Meng - 2010.