†Isostylomys Kraglievich 1926 (caviomorph)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae
Full reference: L. Kraglievich. 1926. Los grandes roedores terciarios de la Argentina y sus relaciones con ciertos géneros pleistocenos de las Antillas. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 34:121-135
Parent taxon: Eumegamyinae according to A. Rinderknecht et al. 2018
See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Mones and Castiglioni 1979 and Rusconi 1949
Sister taxa: Arazamys, Artigasia, Tetrastylus
Subtaxa: Isostylomys laevis Isostylomys laurillardi
Type: Megamys laurillardi
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Uruguay (1 collection)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)
• Miocene of Uruguay (1)
Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences
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