Birbalomys

Birbalomys; Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Suborder:	Hystricomorpha
Superfamily:	Ctenodactyloidea
Family:	†Chapattimyidae
Genus:	†Birbalomys; Sahni & Khare, 1973
Species
	Birbalomys woodi (type); Birbalomys ijlsti; Birbalomys sondaari; Birbalomys vandermeuleni;

Birbalomys is an extinct genus of rodent from Asia.

The 30 centimetres (12 in) long creature has been thought to have been a member of the extant gundi family, but reconstructions of its physical appearance are highly speculative. Birbalomys have a definite likeness with the ctenodactyloid families, Chapattimyidae and Yuomyidae.[1] Early findings suggest that Birbalomys were found in the Subathu Formation in the Kuthar River in the Eocene period.[2]

References

Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 285. ISBN 978-1-84028-152-1.
Rose, Kenneth D.; Holbrook, Luke T.; Rana, Rajendra S.; Kumar, Kishor; Jones, Katrina E.; Ahrens, Heather E.; Missiaen, Pieter; Sahni, Ashok; Smith, Thierry (December 2014). "Early Eocene fossils suggest that the mammalian order Perissodactyla originated in India". Nature Communications. 5 (1): 5570. doi:10.1038/ncomms6570. ISSN 2041-1723. PMID 25410701.

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[EoDP-1] Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 285. ISBN 978-1-84028-152-1.

[2] Rose, Kenneth D.; Holbrook, Luke T.; Rana, Rajendra S.; Kumar, Kishor; Jones, Katrina E.; Ahrens, Heather E.; Missiaen, Pieter; Sahni, Ashok; Smith, Thierry (December 2014). "Early Eocene fossils suggest that the mammalian order Perissodactyla originated in India". Nature Communications. 5 (1): 5570. doi:10.1038/ncomms6570. ISSN 2041-1723. PMID 25410701.