Mammalia - Rodentia - Acaremyidae
Full reference: M. G. Vucetich and A. G. Kramarz. 2003. New Miocene rodents from Patagonia (Argentina) and their bearing on the early radiation of the Octodontoids (Hystricognathi). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(2):435-444
Parent taxon: Acaremyidae according to M. Arnal and M. G. Vucetich 2015
See also Kramarz 2004, Vucetich et al. 2015, Vucetich and Kramarz 2003 and Vucetich et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Acaremys, Platypittamys, Pseudoacaremys
Subtaxa: Galileomys antelucanus Galileomys baios Galileomys colloncurensis Galileomys eurygnathus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (11 collections)
• Deseadan of Argentina (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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