Eumegamys | |
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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 |
Synonyms | |
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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]
Eumegamys | |
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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 |
Synonyms | |
|
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]