Mammalia - Rodentia - Neoepiblemidae
Holotype: V.88.1, a left lower m2 lacking the alveolar half of the tooth column. Preserved in the department of Geology and Paleontology of the Hungrian Natural History Museum, Budapest.
Alternative combination: Perumys gyulavarii
Full reference: M. Kretzoi and I. Voros. 1989. On a new caviomorph rodent from Peru. Fragmenta Mineralogica et Plaeontologica 14:111-116
Belongs to Phoberomys according to L. L. Rasia and A. M. Candela 2017
See also Kretzoi and Voros 1989
Sister taxa: Phoberomys bordasi, Phoberomys burmeisteri, Phoberomys pattersoni, Dabbenea insolita, Dabbenea minima, Dabbenea lozanoi
Type specimen: V.88.1,, a tooth ( a left lower m2 ). Its type locality is Settlement Mashpaya, Nuevo Eden, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in Peru.
Distribution: found only at Settlement Mashpaya, Nuevo Eden
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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