Gomphos
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Gomphos Temporal range: Early Eocene |
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| Drawings and SEM images of cheek teeth of Gomphos elkema | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Eutheria |
| Superorder: | Euarchontoglires |
| (unranked): | Glires |
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Gomphos Shevyreva, 1975 |
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Gomphos is an extinct genus of early lagomorph from the early Eocene some 55 million years ago of China and Mongolia. The type species is G. elkema. The Greek word γόμφος (Romanized gomphos) means "peg" but can also be used to signify molar teeth.
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