Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae
Synonym: Artigasia Francis and Mones 1966 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Dinomyidae according to A. Rinderknecht and R. E. Blanco 2008
See also Francis and Mones 1966 and Mones 2007
Sister taxa: Briaromys, Carlesia, Colpostemma, Diaphoromys, Dinomys, Discolomys, Doellomys, Drytomomys, Eumegamyinae, Eumegamys, Eumegamysops, Eusigmomys, Ferigolomys, Gyriabrus, Olenopsis, Paranamys, Pentastylodon, Pentastylomys, Potamarchinae, Protomegamys, Pseudosigmomys, Rusconia, Scleromys, Simplimus, Telicomys, Telodontomys, Tetrastylomys
Subtaxa: Josephoartigasia magna Josephoartigasia monesi
Type: Artigasia magna
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Uruguay (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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