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Rhizospalax Temporal range: LateOligocene | |
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Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Suborder: | Castorimorpha |
Superfamily: | Castoroidea |
Family: | †Rhizospalacidae Thaler, 1966 |
Genus: | †Rhizospalax Miller & Gidley, 1919 |
Rhizospalax is a genus ofextinctrodent fromEurope thought to be distantly related to modernbeavers. It is the only member of the familyRhizospalacidae.[1]
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