Plataeomys Ameghino 1881 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Octodontidae

Parent taxon: Octodontidae according to M. Arnal and M. G. Vucetich 2015

See also Rovereto 1914

Sister taxa: Eoctodon, Eucoelophorus, Massoiamys, Metacaremys, Octodontinae, Octodontomys, Octomys, Palaeoctodon, Phthoramys, Phtoramys, Pithanotomys, Pseudoplataeomys

Subtaxa: Plataeomys brevis Plataeomys elongatus Plataeomys innominatus Plataeomys scindens

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plataeomys in the database

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