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* {{extinct}}'''''R. takattaloa''''' Horner ''et al'', 1998<ref>Horner ''et al''.: ''R. takattaloa and dentition of Rattusfukus'', [[Urceopolis]]. 1998.</ref> | * {{extinct}}'''''R. takattaloa''''' Horner ''et al'', 1998<ref>Horner ''et al''.: ''R. takattaloa and dentition of Rattusfukus'', [[Urceopolis]]. 1998.</ref> | ||
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'''''Rattusfukus''''' is an extinct genus of very early rat-like rodents of the superfamily {{wpl|Muroidea}}, a suborder of {{wpl|Myomorpha}}. Known from several hundred specimens ranging from individual bones to complete animals of all age ranges, the ''Rattusfukus'' is considered by paleontologists to be a {{wpl|Model organism|model organism}} from which much can be observed about their contemporary paleobiology and even paleoecologies. First discovered in the remote village Azikor, [[Kiravia]], by [[Yonderre|Yonderian]] paleontologist [[Killian Lange]] in 1845, it has since been discovered in [[Crona]], [[Levantia]] and [[Sarpedon]], and some paleontologists have tentatively suggested they may have had global populations based on the spread of their near relatives and successors.<ref>Zhang, Khan ''et al''.:''Paleobiology of early paleogene Alshar'', [[Mirzak]]. 2001.</ref> | '''''Rattusfukus''''' is an extinct genus of very early rat-like rodents of the superfamily {{wpl|Muroidea}}, a suborder of {{wpl|Myomorpha}}. Known from several hundred specimens ranging from individual bones to complete animals of all age ranges and even groups together, the ''Rattusfukus'' is considered by paleontologists to be a {{wpl|Model organism|model organism}} from which much can be observed about their contemporary paleobiology and even paleoecologies. First discovered in the remote village Azikor, [[Kiravia]], by [[Yonderre|Yonderian]] paleontologist [[Killian Lange]] in 1845, it has since been discovered in [[Crona]], [[Levantia]] and [[Sarpedon]], and some paleontologists have tentatively suggested they may have had global populations based on the spread of their near relatives and successors.<ref>Zhang, Khan ''et al''.:''Paleobiology of early paleogene Alshar'', [[Mirzak]]. 2001.</ref> | ||
[[Yonderre|Yonderian]] paleontologist [[Guy d'Enserre]] led a dig in [[Coresxrvon]], [[Kiravia]], in 2009 on behalf of the [[University of Collinebourg]] that discovered the earliest known fossilized remains of ''Rattusfukus''. The particular stone sediments of [[Coresxrvon]] where the specimen was recovered is ambiguously either from the very end of the {{wpl|Maastrichtian}} period of the {{wpl|Cretaceous}} period or from the very earliest part of the post-Cretaceous {{wpl|Danian}} period, {{circa}} 65-66 million years ago, making the genus {{circa}}1.5-2 million years older than previously assumed. The reason the [[History of paleontology#Mamals|distinction is significant]] is because if the stone sediments in which ''Rattusfukus'' were found in are indeed from the {{wpl|Maastrichtian}} period, ''Rattusfukus'' then not only represents one of (if not ''the'') earliest species of the order {{wpl|Rodent|Rodentia}} but also a species that not only survived but thrived during and after the {{wpl|Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event}} as evidenced by their presence in [[Crona]], [[Levantia]] and [[Sarpedon]] several million years after the K-Pg event.<ref>[[Guy d'Enserre|d'Enserre]] ''et al''.: ''A pre-paleocene Rattusfukus'', [[University of Collinebourg]], pg. 2-5. 2010.</ref> | [[Yonderre|Yonderian]] paleontologist [[Guy d'Enserre]] led a dig in [[Coresxrvon]], [[Kiravia]], in 2009 on behalf of the [[University of Collinebourg]] that discovered the earliest known fossilized remains of ''Rattusfukus''. The particular stone sediments of [[Coresxrvon]] where the specimen was recovered is ambiguously either from the very end of the {{wpl|Maastrichtian}} period of the {{wpl|Cretaceous}} period or from the very earliest part of the post-Cretaceous {{wpl|Danian}} period, {{circa}} 65-66 million years ago, making the genus {{circa}}1.5-2 million years older than previously assumed. The reason the [[History of paleontology#Mamals|distinction is significant]] is because if the stone sediments in which ''Rattusfukus'' were found in are indeed from the {{wpl|Maastrichtian}} period, ''Rattusfukus'' then not only represents one of (if not ''the'') earliest species of the order {{wpl|Rodent|Rodentia}} but also a species that not only survived but thrived during and after the {{wpl|Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event}} as evidenced by their presence in [[Crona]], [[Levantia]] and [[Sarpedon]] several million years after the K-Pg event.<ref>[[Guy d'Enserre|d'Enserre]] ''et al''.: ''A pre-paleocene Rattusfukus'', [[University of Collinebourg]], pg. 2-5. 2010.</ref> | ||