Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae

Alternative combination: Neoepiblema contorta

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027

Belongs to Eumegamys according to Kraglievich 1940

See also Ameghino 1889

Sister taxa: Eumegamys paranensis, Eumegamys scalabrinianus, Megamys depressidens, Megamys holmbergi, Megamys formosus, Megamys laevigatus, Megamys patagoniensis, Megamys racedi

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore

Distribution: found only at Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm. ( of Argentina)

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