Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae
Parent taxon: Dinomyidae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Branisamys, Briaromys, Carlesia, Colpostemma, Diaphoromys, Dinomys, Discolomys, Doellomys, Drytomomys, Eumegamyinae, Eumegamys, Eumegamysops, Eusigmomys, Ferigolomys, Josephoartigasia, Olenopsis, Paranamys, Pentastylodon, Pentastylomys, Potamarchinae, Protomegamys, Pseudosigmomys, Rusconia, Scleromys, Simplimus, Telicomys, Telodontomys, Tetrastylomys
Subtaxa: Gyriabrus holmbergi Gyriabrus latidens Gyriabrus quadratus Gyriabrus royoi
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Colombia (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (2), Uruguay (1)
Total: 7 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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