Lophiparamys
| Lophiparamys Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | †Ischyromyidae |
| Subfamily: | †Microparamyinae |
| Genus: | †Lophiparamys Wood, 1962 |
| Species | |
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Lophiparamys murinus Matthew, 1918 Lophiparamys debequensis Wood, 1962 Lophiparamys woodi Guthrie, 1971 | |
Lophiparamys is an extinct genus of microparamyine rodent that lived during the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch.
Palaeobiology
The morphology of the tarsus of Lophiparamys, including features such as an asymmetric astragalar tibial facet at the crurotarsal joint, a short calcaneal tuber, and the rounded shapes of both the calcaneal cuboid facet and astragalar head at the transverse tarsal joint, strongly implies that this paramyid was an arboreal animal.[1]
References
- ^ Zack, Shawn P.; Penkrot, Tonya A. (November 2023). "New material of Lophiparamys debequensis from the Willwood Formation (early Eocene) of Wyoming, including the first postcrania of the genus". Journal of Paleontology. 97 (6): 1293–1308. doi:10.1017/jpa.2023.88. hdl:10150/672051. ISSN 0022-3360. Retrieved 4 October 2025 – via Cambridge Core.