Mammalia - Rodentia - Acaremyidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027

Belongs to Acaremys according to M. Arnal and M. Vucetich 2015

See also Ameghino 1889 and Ameghino 1894

Sister taxa: Acaremys major, Acaremys minutissimus, Acaremys murinus, Acaremys preminutus, Acaremys scagliai, Acaremys tricarinatus

Type specimen: MACN A 4106, a mandible (right mandible with dp4-m3). Its type locality is Barrancas del Río Santa Cruz, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Barrancas del Río Santa Cruz

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.