Metaliomys
Name:
Metaliomys.
Phonetic: Met-a-le-o-mis.
Named By: W. W. Korth & D. D. De
Blieux - 2010.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia,
Heteromyidae.
Species: M. sevierensis
(type).
Diet: Omnivore?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: USA, Utah - Sevier Formation.
Time period: Late Miocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Metaliomys is a genus of rodent that lived in the USA during the Late Miocene.
Further reading
- Rodents and lagomorphs (Mammalia) from the Hemphillian (Late
Miocene) of Utah. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
30(1):226-235. - W. W. Korth & D. D. De
Blieux - 2010.
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