†Ucayalimys amahuacencis Arnal et al. 2022 (caviomorph)
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Full reference: M. Arnal, M. E. Pérez, L. M. Tejada Medina and K. E. Campbell. 2022. The high taxonomic diversity of the Palaeogene hystricognath rodents (Caviomorpha) from Santa Rosa (Peru, South America) framed within a new geochronological context. Historical Biology 34(12):2350-2373
Belongs to Ucayalimys according to M. Arnal et al. 2022
Sister taxon: Ucayalimys crassidens
Type specimen: CPI-10014 (originally LACM 144299), a set of teeth (left M1 and M2). Its type locality is Santa Rosa (LACM Loc. 6289), which is in a Rupelian terrestrial mudstone/sandstone in the Yahuarango Formation of Peru.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Santa Rosa (LACM Loc. 6289)
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