Lomomys Ameghino 1891 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Echinomyidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328

Parent taxon: Echinomyidae according to F. Ameghino 1891

See also Kramarz 2006 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Graphimys, Gyrignophus

Subtaxa: Lomomys evexus

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Type: Lomomys evexus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lomomys in the database

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