Eobranisamys javierpradoi Boivin et al. 2017 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Full reference: M. Boivin, L. Marivaux, M. J. Orliac, F. Pujos, R. Salas-Gismondi, J. V. Tejada-Lara, and P.-O. Antoine. 2017. Late middle Eocene caviomorph rodents from Contamana, Peruvian Amazonia. Palaeontologia Electronica 20(1):19A:1-50

Belongs to Eobranisamys according to M. Boivin et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Eobranisamys riverai, Eobranisamys romeropittmanae

Type specimen: MUSM 1897, a tooth. Its type locality is CTA-27, which is in a Priabonian/Rupelian terrestrial claystone in the Pozo Formation of Peru.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at CTA-27

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