Josephoartigasia monesi Rinderknecht and Blanco 2008 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae

Full reference: A. Rinderknecht and R. E. Blanco. 2008. The largest fossil rodent. Proceedings of The Royal Society B 275:923-928

Belongs to Josephoartigasia according to A. Rinderknecht and R. E. Blanco 2008

Sister taxon: Josephoartigasia magna

Type specimen: MNHN 921, a skull (Skull). Its type locality is Kiyu, which is in a Montehermosan/Ensenadan estuary/bay siltstone/claystone in the San José Formation of Uruguay.

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore

Distribution: found only at Kiyu

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