Biology:Atalayamys

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Atalayamys is an extinct genus of caviomorph rodent with uncertain affinities. This, which contains only a single species, A. incertum, lived during the Miocene epoch in the Amazonian region of Peru.[1]

Its dental morphology consists of brachydonts and generalized molars.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arnal, Michelle; Kay, Richard F.; Valdivia, Luis Angel; Salenbien, Wout; Morse, Paul E.; Borths, Mathew R.; Williams, Blythe A.; Riddle, Catherine et al. (March 2026). "New Early Miocene hystricognath rodents (Caviomorpha) from the Madre de Dios River in the southeastern Peruvian Amazon" (in en). Papers in Palaeontology 12 (2). doi:10.1002/spp2.70064. ISSN 2056-2799. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.70064. 

Wikidata ☰ Q139908021 entry