Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae
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
Parent taxon: Dinomyidae according to R. W. Fields 1957
See also Ameghino 1889, Candela 2005 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Briaromys, Carlesia, Colpostemma, Diaphoromys, Dinomys, Discolomys, Doellomys, Drytomomys, Eumegamyinae, Eumegamys, Eumegamysops, Eusigmomys, Ferigolomys, Gyriabrus, Josephoartigasia, Paranamys, Pentastylodon, Pentastylomys, Potamarchinae, Protomegamys, Pseudosigmomys, Rusconia, Scleromys, Simplimus, Telicomys, Telodontomys, Tetrastylomys
Subtaxa: Olenopsis typicus Olenopsis uncinus
Type: Olenopsis uncinus
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore
Distribution:
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1 collection)
• Miocene of Colombia (3), Venezuela (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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