Eumegamys scalabrinianus Kraglievich 1926 (caviomorph)

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

Belongs to Eumegamys according to L. Kraglievich 1926

Sister taxa: Eumegamys contortus, Eumegamys paranensis, Megamys holmbergi, Megamys laevigatus, Megamys formosus, Megamys patagoniensis, Megamys racedi, Megamys depressidens, Megamys burmeisteri

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore

Distribution: found only at Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm. (Miocene of Argentina)

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