Phoberomys

Phoberomys
Temporal range: Late Miocene (Huayquerian)
~9.0–7.246 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: †Neoepiblemidae
Genus: †Phoberomys
Kraglievich, 1926
Species

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A 10cm skull of Phoberomys pattersoni in ventral view
The skull of Phoberomys pattersoni

Phoberomys is an extinct genus of rodents. Fossil specimens from the Late Miocene period have been discovered in the Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina, the Solimões Formation of Brazil, the Urumaco Formation at Urumaco in Venezuela, and the Pliocene of Peru.[1][2][3]

Species

Species in the genus described are:[1][3]

Another species, P. bordasii, has been considered as possibly belonging to Neoepiblema.

References

  1. ^ a b Phoberomys at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R.; Aguilera, Orangel A.; Carlini, Alfredo A. (2010). Urumaco and Venezuelan Paleontology: The Fossil Record of the Northern Neotropics. Indiana University Press. p. 218. ISBN 9780253002006.
  3. ^ a b Rasia, Luciano L.; Candela, Adriana M. (2018-05-19). "Reappraisal of the giant caviomorph rodent Phoberomys burmeisteri (Ameghino, 1886) from the late Miocene of northeastern Argentina, and the phylogeny and diversity of Neoepiblemidae". Historical Biology. 30 (4): 486–495. Bibcode:2018HBio...30..486R. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1294168. hdl:11336/56417. ISSN 0891-2963.


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