{{Short description|Extinct genus of murid rodent}}{{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Miocene}} | taxon = Progonomys | authority = Schaub, 1938 | type_species = Progonomys cathalai | type_species_authority = Schaub, 1938 | subdivision_ranks = Other species | subdivision = ''Progonomys hispanicus'' <small>Van der Weerd, 1976</small>
''Progonomys orientalis'' <small>Schaub, 1938</small>
''Progonomys woelferi'' <small>Bachmayer and Wilson, 1970</small> }} '''''Progonomys''''' is an extinct genus of murid rodent that lived in Africa and Eurasia during the Miocene epoch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PBDB Taxon |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=txn:41922 |access-date=1 March 2026}}</ref>
== Description == ''Progonomys clauzoni'' possesses a first mandibular molar with no anterocentral cusp, alternating positions of labial and longitudinal cusp rows, and a symmetric anteroconid.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lazzari |first1=Vincent |last2=Aguilar |first2=Jean-Pierre |last3=Michaux |first3=Jacques |date=2010 |title=Intraspecific variation and micro-macroevolution connection: illustration with the late Miocene genus Progonomys (Rodentia, Muridae) |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/paleobiology/article/abs/intraspecific-variation-and-micromacroevolution-connection-illustration-with-the-late-miocene-genus-progonomys-rodentia-muridae/82452C4D43F24188A3DB337E27E8CE3D |journal=Paleobiology |language=en |volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=641–657 |doi=10.1666/09046.1 |issn=0094-8373 |access-date=1 March 2026 |via=Cambridge Core|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
== Palaeobiology ==
=== Palaeoecology === Because cf. ''Progonomys'' from Tortonian deposits in the Siwalik Hills lacked modified radial enamel in its incisors, it is believed to have eaten a diet composed of leaves, flowers, seeds, fleshy roots, and insects.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Singh |first1=Ningthoujam Premjit |last2=Singh |first2=Abhishek Pratap |last3=Sehgal |first3=Ramesh Kumar |last4=Sharma |first4=K. Milankumar |date=28 May 2025 |title=Incisor Enamel Microstructure of the Late Miocene Siwalik Rodents From Dunera, Punjab State, North India: Functional and Ecological Implications |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/392169475_Incisor_Enamel_Microstructure_of_the_Late_Miocene_Siwalik_Rodents_From_Dunera_Punjab_State_North_India_Functional_and_Ecological_Implications |journal=Geological Journal |language=en |doi=10.1002/gj.5250 |issn=0072-1050 |access-date=4 March 2026 |via=ResearchGate}}</ref>
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Category:Miocene mammals of Europe Category:Miocene mammals of Asia Category:Miocene mammals of Africa Category:Prehistoric rodent genera Category:Fossils of Algeria Category:Fossils of Austria Category:Fossils of China Category:Fossils of France Category:Fossils of Greece Category:Fossils of India Category:Fossils of Libya Category:Fossils of Morocco Category:Fossils of Spain Category:Fossils of Turkey Category:Fossil taxa described in 1938 Category:Muridae
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