Mammalia - Rodentia - Neoepiblemidae

Synonyms: Euphilus burmeisteri Ameghino 1891, Megamys burmeisteri Ameghino 1886 [objective synonym], Phoberomys insolita Kraglievich 1940, Phoberomys lozanoi Kraglievich 1940, Phoberomys minima Kraglievich 1940, Phoberomys praecursor Kraglievich 1932

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

Belongs to Phoberomys according to L. L. Rasia and A. M. Candela 2018

See also Ameghino 1891, Bondesio and Bocquentin Villanueva 1988, Kraglievich 1926 and Negri and Ferigolo 1999

Sister taxa: Phoberomys bordasi, Phoberomys gyulavarii, Phoberomys pattersoni, Dabbenea insolita, Dabbenea lozanoi, Dabbenea minima

Type specimens:

• Phoberomys burmeisteri: MACN-A 5831, a set of teeth
• Euphilus burmeisteri:
• Megamys burmeisteri:
• Phoberomys insolita: MLP 15-251, a set of teeth (M3). Its type locality is Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm., which is in a Huayquerian marine sandstone/mudstone in the Ituzaingo Formation of Argentina.
• Phoberomys lozanoi: MLP 36, a set of teeth (M3). Its type locality is Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm., which is in a Huayquerian marine sandstone/mudstone in the Ituzaingo Formation of Argentina.
• Phoberomys minima: MACN-Pv 3461, a set of teeth (lower molar). Its type locality is Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm., which is in a Huayquerian marine sandstone/mudstone in the Ituzaingo Formation of Argentina.
• Phoberomys praecursor: MACN-Pv 9026, a set of teeth (left p4). Its type locality is Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm., which is in a Huayquerian marine sandstone/mudstone in the Ituzaingo Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm. ( of Argentina)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.