Eumegamys

Eumegamys
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Late Pliocene (Huayquerian-Uquian)
~9.0–2.6 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Dinomyidae
Genus:†Eumegamys
Kraglievich, 1926

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]

References

  1. ↑ Eumegamys at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

  • 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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