Mammalia - Rodentia - Neoepiblemidae
Synonym: Sphiggomys Ameghino 1887
Parent taxon: Neoepiblemidae according to S. F. Vizcaíno et al. 2022
See also Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Busker et al. 2020, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rasia and Candela 2018 and Vucetich et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Doryperimys, Neoepiblema, Phoberomys
Subtaxa: Perimys ameghinoi Perimys dissimilis Perimys erutus Perimys impactus Perimys incavatus Perimys incurvus Perimys intermedius Perimys oemulus Perimys onustus Perimys pacificus Perimys perpinguis Perimys planaris Perimys puellus Perimys pueraster Perimys scalabrinianus Perimys transversus Perimys zonatus
Type: Perimys scalaris
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1 collection)
• Miocene of Argentina (37), Chile (3)
Total: 41 collections including 65 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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