Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae
Parent taxon: Dinomyidae according to R. W. Fields 1957
See also Ameghino 1891, Kramarz 2006 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Branisamys, Briaromys, Carlesia, Colpostemma, Diaphoromys, Dinomys, Discolomys, Doellomys, Drytomomys, Eumegamyinae, Eumegamys, Eumegamysops, Eusigmomys, Ferigolomys, Gyriabrus, Josephoartigasia, Olenopsis, Paranamys, Pentastylodon, Pentastylomys, Potamarchinae, Protomegamys, Pseudosigmomys, Rusconia, Simplimus, Telicomys, Telodontomys, Tetrastylomys
Subtaxa: Scleromys angustus Scleromys colombianus Scleromys osbornianus Scleromys praecursor Scleromys quadrangulatus Scleromys schurmanni
Type: Scleromys angustus
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (20 collections), Brazil (2), Chile (1), Colombia (20), Peru (6)
• Oligocene of Peru (1)
Total: 50 collections including 66 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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