Eumegamys

<i>Eumegamys</i>

Eumegamys

Extinct genus of rodents

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    Eumegamys at Fossilworks.org
  2. [2]
    新版 絶滅哺乳類図鑑. Yukimitsu Tomida. 30 January 2011.

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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