†Acaremys major Scott 1905 (caviomorph)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Acaremyidae
Belongs to Acaremys according to M. Arnal and M. Vucetich 2015
Sister taxa: Acaremys messor, Acaremys minutissimus, Acaremys murinus, Acaremys preminutus, Acaremys scagliai, Acaremys tricarinatus
Type specimen: YPM PU 15366, a skull (badly preserved skull with incisors, and left and right p4–m3.). Its type locality is Río Gallegos, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Río Gallegos
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