Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae
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 M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Branisamys, Briaromys, Carlesia, Colpostemma, Diaphoromys, Dinomys, Discolomys, Doellomys, Drytomomys, Eumegamyinae, Eumegamys, Eumegamysops, Eusigmomys, Ferigolomys, Gyriabrus, Josephoartigasia, Olenopsis, Paranamys, Pentastylodon, Pentastylomys, Potamarchinae, Protomegamys, Pseudosigmomys, Rusconia, Scleromys, Simplimus, Telodontomys, Tetrastylomys
Subtaxa: Telicomys amazonensis Telicomys giganteus Telicomys gigantissimus
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (3 collections)
• Miocene of Brazil (3)
Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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