Phoberomys
Appearance
Phoberomys | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | †Neoepiblemidae |
Genus: | †Phoberomys Kraglievich, 1926 |
Species | |
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Phoberomys is an extinct genus of rodents. Fossil specimens from the Late Miocene period have been discovered in the Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina, the Solimões Formation of Brazil and the Urumaco Formation at Urumaco in Venezuela.[1][2]
Species
Species in the genus described are:[1]
- P. bordasi
- P. burmeisteri
- P. insolita
- P. lozanoi
- P. minima
- P. pattersoni
- P. praecursor
References
- ^ a b Phoberomys at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R.; Aguilera, Orangel A.; Carlini, Alfredo A. (2010). Urumaco and Venezuelan Paleontology: The Fossil Record of the Northern Neotropics. Indiana University Press. p. 218. ISBN 9780253002006.