Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae
Synonym: Sigmomys Ameghino 1904
Parent taxon: Dinomyidae according to L. L. Rasia and A. M. Candela 2018
See also Ameghino 1904, McKenna and Bell 1997, Negri and Ferigolo 1999, Rovereto 1914 and Vucetich 1984
Sister taxa: Branisamys, Briaromys, Carlesia, Colpostemma, Diaphoromys, Dinomys, Discolomys, Doellomys, Drytomomys, Eumegamyinae, Eumegamys, Eumegamysops, Ferigolomys, Gyriabrus, Josephoartigasia, Olenopsis, Paranamys, Pentastylodon, Pentastylomys, Potamarchinae, Protomegamys, Pseudosigmomys, Rusconia, Scleromys, Simplimus, Telicomys, Telodontomys, Tetrastylomys
Subtaxa: Eusigmomys oppositus Sigmomys oppositus
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore
Distribution: found only at Fenix River (Miocene of Argentina)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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