Josephoartigasia magna
| Josephoartigasia magna | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dinomyidae |
| Genus: | †Josephoartigasia |
| Species: | †J. magna
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| Binomial name | |
| †Josephoartigasia magna (Francis and Mones, 1966)
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Josephoartigasia magna is an extinct species of giant rodent in the family Dinomyidae.[1] J. magna is known from Pliocene age fossil teeth found in the San José Formation, Playa Kiyú, 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]
References
- ^ a b Rinderknecht, Andrés; R. Ernesto Blanco (2008-01-15). "The largest fossil rodent" (pdf). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 275 (1637): 923–8. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.1645. PMC 2599941. PMID 18198140. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
Josephoartigasia monesi sp. nov. (family: Dinomyidae; Rodentia: Hystricognathi: Caviomorpha)
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|laysummary=ignored (help) - ^ Playa Kiyú locality at Fossilworks.org
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