Phoberomys insolita
| Phoberomys insolita | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | †Neoepiblemidae |
| Genus: | †Phoberomys |
| Species: | †P. insolita
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| Binomial name | |
| †Phoberomys insolita Kraglievich, 1940
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Phoberomys insolita is an extinct species of rodent that was known as the largest rodent on earth, before the discovery of Josephoartigasia monesi. Fossil specimens from the Late Miocene period have been discovered in the Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina.[1][2]
See also
References
- ^ Phoberomys insolita 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.
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