Karydomys is a genus of fossil Eurasian hamster-like rodents in the subfamily Democricetodontinae from the Langhian stage in the middle Miocene epoch.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | †Democricetodontinae |
| Genus: | †Karydomys Theocharopoulos, 2000 |
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| Karydomys symeonidisi | |
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Species
edit- 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
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Wikispecies has information related to Karydomys.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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