Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae

Holotype: Incomplete right lower jaw with broken incisor, p4 to m3 in place; UCMP 37927 Paratype: Fragment of left ventral zygomatic root of maxillary with unerupted P4, M1 to M3 in place, and right M1; UCMP 40549

Full reference: R. W. Fields. 1957. Hystricomorph rodents from the late Miocene of Colombia, South America. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 32:273-404

Belongs to Scleromys according to R. W. Fields 1957

Sister taxa: Scleromys angustus, Scleromys osbornianus, Scleromys praecursor, Scleromys quadrangulatus, Scleromys schurmanni

Type specimen: UCMP 37927, a mandible

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore

Average measurements (in mm): Astragalus diameter 5.49, Calcaneum diameter 5.00, Femur Neck diameter 3.62, Femur shaft diameter 7.82, Glenoid fossa diameter 5.12, Scapula neck diameter 3.46, Tibia diameter 7.35

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.