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Eolagurus fossil map

Where fossils of Eolagurus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Eolagurus
Image: Gustav Mützel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived2.58–0.0117 million years ago (Gelasian to Late Pleistocene)
PeriodsQuaternary
FamilyCricetidae
Named byArgyropulo 1946
Fossil records8 occurrences at 4 locations (PBDB)
Found inUkraine, Romania
Rock formationstxn:41724

About Eolagurus

Eolagurus is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species:

Yellow steppe lemming (Eolagurus luteus)

Przewalski's steppe lemming (Eolagurus przewalskii)

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Eolagurus (revision 1361737599), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q989975.

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