Family Heptaxodontidae Anthony 1917 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Heptaxodontidae

Parent taxon: Chinchilloidea according to A. E. Wood 1958

See also Nowak 1999 and Paula Couto 1956

Sister taxa: Borikenomys, Dinomyidae, Garridomys, Loncolicu, Maquiamys, Microscleromys, Neoepiblemidae, Niedemys, Saremmys, Ucayalimys

Subtaxa: Amblyrhiza Clidomys Elasmodontomys Quemisia Xaymaca

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), French Southern Territories (1), Jamaica (3), Puerto Rico (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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