Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae

Alternative combination: Tetrastylus giganteus

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142

Belongs to Telicomys according to L. Kraglievich 1926

See also Ameghino 1904 and Rovereto 1914

Sister taxa: Telicomys amazonensis, Telicomys gigantissimus

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore

Distribution: found only at Farola Monte Hermoso (Pliocene of Argentina)

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