Pardinamys Ortiz et al. 2012 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: P. E. Ortiz, J. P. Jayat, and S. J. Steppan. 2012. A New fossil phyllotine Rodentia Sigmodontinae from the late Pliocene in the Andes of northern Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(6):1429-1441

Parent taxon: Phyllotini according to P. E. Ortiz et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Auliscomys, Calomys, Eligmodontia, Graomys, Kraglievichimys, Loxodontomys, Neotomys, Phyllotis, Tafimys

Subtaxa: Pardinamys humahuaquensis

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Type: Pardinamys humahuaquensis

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at San Roque (Pliocene of Argentina)

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