Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae
Synonym: Villarroelomys Hartenberger 1975
Full reference: R. Hoffstetter and R. Lavocat. 1970. Découverte dans le Déséadien de Bolivia de genres pentalophodontes appuyant les affinités africaines des Rongeurs Caviomorphes. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris 271:172-175
Parent taxon: Dinomyidae according to B. Patterson and A. E. Wood 1982
See also Hartenberger 1975, Hoffstetter and Lavocat 1970, Lavocat 1976 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Briaromys, Carlesia, Colpostemma, Diaphoromys, Dinomys, Discolomys, Doellomys, Drytomomys, Eumegamyinae, Eumegamys, Eumegamysops, Eusigmomys, Ferigolomys, Gyriabrus, Josephoartigasia, Olenopsis, Paranamys, Pentastylodon, Pentastylomys, Potamarchinae, Protomegamys, Pseudosigmomys, Rusconia, Scleromys, Simplimus, Telicomys, Telodontomys, Tetrastylomys
Subtaxa: Branisamys luribayensis
Type: Branisamys luribayensis
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Bolivia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
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