Eumegamys
Extinct genus of rodents
Eumegamys Temporal range: Late Miocene-Late Pliocene (Huayquerian-Uquian) ~9.0–2.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Fossil femur of Eumegamys sp. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Dinomyidae |
Genus: | †Eumegamys Kraglievich, 1926 |
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Eumegamys is an extinct genus of dinomyid rodent from the late Miocene and Pliocene of Brazil (Solimões Formation), Venezuela (Urumaco Formation, Urumaco) and Argentina (Ituzaingó Formation) in South America.[1] Its skull was 50 cm (1.64 ft) long.[2]
References
- ^ Eumegamys at Fossilworks.org
- ^ 新版 絶滅哺乳類図鑑. Yukimitsu Tomida. 30 January 2011.
Further reading
- McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8
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