Josephoartigasia magna
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| Josephoartigasia magna Temporal range: late Pliocene |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Suborder: | Hystricomorpha |
| Family: | Dinomyidae |
| Genus: | †Josephoartigasia |
| Species: | †J. magna |
| Binomial name | |
| Josephoartigasia magna (Francis and Mones, 1966) |
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Josephoartigasia magna is an extinct species of giant rodent.[1] J. magna is known form Pliocene age fossil teeth found in the San Jose Formation, Playa Kiyu, Chapadmalalan, Uruguay.[2] The species was described in 1966 by J. C. Francis and A. Mones and was placed in the genus Artigasia. After restudy, A. Mones transferred the species to the new genus Josephoartigasia in a 2007 paper.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Rinderknecht, Andrés; R. Ernesto Blanco (2008-01-15). "The largest fossil rodent" (pdf). Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences 275 (1637): 923–8. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.1645. PMC 2599941. PMID 18198140. http://journals.royalsociety.org/content/34j867846u164624/fulltext.pdf. Retrieved 2008-01-16. Lay summary. "Josephoartigasia monesi sp. nov. (family: Dinomyidae; Rodentia: Hystricognathi: Caviomorpha)"
- ^ Playa Kiyu locality
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