Neoepiblemidae

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Neoepiblemidae
Temporal range: Early-Late Miocene (Colhuehuapian-Huayquerian)
~21.0–6.8 Ma
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Cavioidea
Family: †Neoepiblemidae
Kraglievich 1926
Genera

The Neoepiblemidae are an extinct family of hystricognath rodents from South America. The genera and are now included in Phoberomys.[1] The delineation between Neoepiblemidae and Dinomyidae has historically been unclear; with some genera (such as Phoberomys and ) having varying taxonomic placement. A 2017 study found Phoberomys to be part of the group, While Eusigmomys to be part of Dinomyidae.[2]

Fossils of the family were found in the Colhuehuapian to Huayquerian , , , and Ituzaingó Formations and of Argentina, the Solimões Formation of Brazil, the Pebas Formation of Peru and the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Horovitz et al. 2006
  2. ^ Rasia, Luciano L.; Candela, Adriana M. (2018-05-19). "Reappraisal of the giant caviomorph rodent Phoberomys burmeisteri (Ameghino, 1886) from the late Miocene of northeastern Argentina, and the phylogeny and diversity of Neoepiblemidae". Historical Biology. 30 (4): 486–495. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1294168. ISSN 0891-2963.
  3. ^ Neoepiblemidae at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography[]

  • Horovitz, Inés, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra, Thomas Martin and Orangel A. Aguilera (2006): The fossil record of Phoberomys pattersoni Mones 1980 (Mammalia, Rodentia) from Urumaco (Late Miocene, Venezuela), with an analysis of its phylogenetic relationships. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4 (3): 293–306.

Further reading[]

  • Kramarz, A.G. 2001. Revision of the family Cephalomyidae (Rodentia, Caviomorpha) and new cephalomyids from the early Miocene of Patagonia. Palaeovertebrata 30(1-2):51-88.
  • McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8


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