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Phoberomys gyulavarii

Mammalia - Rodentia - Neoepiblemidae

Taxonomy
Perumys gyulavarii was named by Kretzoi and Voros (1989). Its type specimen is V.88.1,, a tooth ( a left lower m2 ), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Settlement Mashpaya, Nuevo Eden, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in Peru.

It was recombined as Phoberomys gyulavarii by Rasia and Candela (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Perumys gyulavarii Kretzoi and Voros
2018Phoberomys gyulavarii Rasia and Candela

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
—Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamilyChinchilloideaBennett 1833
familyNeoepiblemidaeKraglievich 1926
genusPhoberomysKraglievich 1926
speciesgyulavarii()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Phoberomys gyulavarii Kretzoi and Voros 1989
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Kretzoi and I. Voros 1989Member of the Phoberomys group of gigantic caviods, differing from Phoberomys in its somewhat smaller size, in the anteroposteriorly very short and broad evergrowing molare composed of vertical lamellae in nearlly transveral-and not diagonal- position, with interlmellar synclines chosed on the lingual end, filled out with cement.
Measurements
partNmean
Lower m2 height133.0

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Peru (Ucayali) Perumys gyulavarii (type locality: 146532)