Parent taxon: Octodontoidea according to M. Arnal and M. G. Vucetich 2015
See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Rovereto 1914, Tauber 2005 and Verzi et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Abrocomidae, Acarechimys, Acaremyidae, Adelphomys, Caviocricetus, Changquin, Chasichimys, Ctenomyidae, Deseadomys, Draconomys, Dudumus, Echimyidae, Eodelphomys, Eoespina, Eosachacui, Eosallamys, Ethelomys, Kannabateomys, Lapazomys, Leucokephalos, Llitun, Loretomys, Marisela, Mayomys, Migraveramus, Octodontidae, Paulacoutomys, Plesiacarechimys, Proechimys, Prospaniomys, Protacaremys, Protadelphomys, Sallamys, Selvamys, Spaniomys, Stichomys, Vallehermosomys, Xylechimys
Subtaxa: Neophanomys biplicatus Neophanomys pristinus Neophanomys recens
Type: Neophanomys biplicatus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (5 collections)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (9)
• Miocene of Argentina (2)
Total: 16 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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