Nuyuyomys chinqaska Boivin et al. 2021 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Full reference: M. Boivin, L. Marivaux, W. Aguirre-Diaz, A. Benites-Palomino, G. Billet, F. Pujos, R. Salas-Gismondi, N. S. Stutz, J. V. Tejada-Lara, R. M. Varas-Malca, A. H. Walton and P.-O. Antoine. 2021. Late middle Miocene caviomorph rodents from Tarapoto, Peruvian Amazonia. PLoS ONE 16(11):e0258455

Belongs to Nuyuyomys according to M. Boivin et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MUSM 4308, a set of teeth (right M1?). Its type locality is TAR-31, which is in a Serravallian terrestrial horizon in the Ipururo Formation of Peru.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Peru (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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