†Plataeomys Ameghino 1881 (caviomorph)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Octodontidae
Parent taxon: Octodontidae according to M. Arnal and M. G. Vucetich 2015
See also Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Eoctodon, Eucoelophorus, Massoiamys, Metacaremys, Octodontinae, Octodontomys, Octomys, Palaeoctodon, Phthoramys, Phtoramys, Pithanotomys, Pseudoplataeomys
Subtaxa: Plataeomys brevis Plataeomys elongatus Plataeomys innominatus Plataeomys scindens
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plataeomys in the database
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