Karydomys

Karydomys Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	†Democricetodontinae
Genus:	†Karydomys Theocharopoulos, 2000
Type species
Karydomys symeonidisi
Species
See text

Karydomys is a genus of fossil Eurasian hamster-like rodents in the subfamily Democricetodontinae from the Langhian stage in the middle Miocene epoch.

Species

• Karydomys boskosi, C.D. Theocharopoulos 2000, found in Greece
• Karydomys debruijni, found in China^[1]
• Karydomys dzerzhinskii, Kordikova & De Bruijn, 2001, found in Kazakhstan^[2]
• Karydomys symeonidisi
• Karydomys wigharti, found in Germany^[3]
• Karydomys zapfei

References

1. Maridet, Olivier; Wu, Wen-Yu; Ye, Jie; Bi, Shun-Dong; Ni, Xi-Jun; Meng, Jin (September 2011). "Early Miocene cricetids (Rodentia) from the Junggar basin (Xinjiang, China) and their biochronological implications". Geobios. 44 (5): 445–459. Bibcode:2011Geobi..44..445M. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2010.09.004.
2. Kordikova, Elena G.; Bruijn, Hans (December 2001). "Early miocene rodents from the Aktau Mountains (South-Eastern Kazakhstan)". Senckenbergiana Lethaea. 81 (2): 391–405. doi:10.1007/BF03042791. S2CID 82673580.
3. Mors, Thomas; Kalthoff, Daniela C. (November 2004). "A new species of Karydomys (Rodentia, Mammalia) and a systematic re-evaluation of this rare Eurasian Miocene hamster". Palaeontology. 47 (6): 1387–1405. Bibcode:2004Palgy..47.1387M. doi:10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00413.x.