Mammalia - Rodentia - Acaremyidae
Full reference: M. Vucetich, M. Dozo, M. Arnal and M. Pérez. 2015. New rodents (Mammalia) from the late Oligocene of Cabeza Blanca (Chubut) and the first rodent radiation in Patagonia. Historical Biology 27(2):236-257
Belongs to Galileomys according to M. Vucetich et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Galileomys antelucanus, Galileomys colloncurensis, Galileomys eurygnathus
Type specimen: MPEF-PV 10676, a mandible (left mandibular fragment with p4-m2, root of m3, and incisor). Its type locality is Cabeza Blanca, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial shale/claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Cabeza Blanca
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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