Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae
Synonym: Megamys D'Orbigny 1842
Full reference: L. Kraglievich. 1926. Los grandes roedores terciarios de la Argentina y sus relaciones con ciertos géneros pleistocenos de las Antillas. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 34:121-135
Parent taxon: Dinomyidae according to O. J. Linares 2004
See also Ameghino 1885, Ameghino 1891, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Branisamys, Briaromys, Carlesia, Colpostemma, Diaphoromys, Dinomys, Discolomys, Doellomys, Drytomomys, Eumegamyinae, Eumegamysops, Eusigmomys, Ferigolomys, Gyriabrus, Josephoartigasia, Olenopsis, Paranamys, Pentastylodon, Pentastylomys, Potamarchinae, Protomegamys, Pseudosigmomys, Rusconia, Scleromys, Simplimus, Telicomys, Telodontomys, Tetrastylomys
Subtaxa: Eumegamys contortus Eumegamys paranensis Eumegamys scalabrinianus Megamys burmeisteri Megamys depressidens Megamys formosus Megamys holmbergi Megamys laevigatus Megamys patagoniensis Megamys racedi
Type: Eumegamys paranensis
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (2), Venezuela (6)
Total: 11 collections including 17 occurrences
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