Josephoartigasia magna

Josephoartigasia magna; Temporal range: Late Pliocene (Chapadmalalan); ~4–3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Dinomyidae
Genus:	†Josephoartigasia
Species:	†J. magna
Binomial name
	†Josephoartigasia magna; (Francis and Mones, 1966)
Synonyms
	Artigasia magna Francis and Mones, 1966; Josephoartigasia magna Mones, 2007;

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 , Playa Kiyú, Chapadmalalan, Uruguay.^[2] The species was described in 1966 by 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". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 275 (1637): 923–8. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.1645. PMC 2599941. PMID 18198140. Josephoartigasia monesi sp. nov. (family: Dinomyidae; Rodentia: Hystricognathi: Caviomorpha)
^ Playa Kiyú locality at Fossilworks.org

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[Rinderknecht-1] Rinderknecht, Andrés; R. Ernesto Blanco (2008-01-15). "The largest fossil rodent". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 275 (1637): 923–8. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.1645. PMC 2599941. PMID 18198140. Josephoartigasia monesi sp. nov. (family: Dinomyidae; Rodentia: Hystricognathi: Caviomorpha)

[TPBDBmagna-2] Playa Kiyú locality at Fossilworks.org

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