Soriamys gaimanensis Kramarz 2001 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Full reference: A. G. Kramarz. 2001. Revision of the family Cephalomyidae (Rodentia, Caviomorpha) and new cephalomyids from the Early Miocene of Patagonia. Palaeovertebrata 30(1–2):51-88

Belongs to Soriamys according to A. G. Kramarz 2001

See also Vucetich et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Soriamys ganganensis

Type specimen: MACN CH 1800, a maxilla (fragment of left maxilla with P4 and M1). Its type locality is Southern Cliff of lower Chubut River Valley, near Gaiman, which is in a Colhuehuapian paralic mudstone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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