Biology:Guiomys
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Short description: Extinct genus of rodents
Guiomys | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Genus: | †Guiomys Pérez, 2010 |
Species: | †G. unica
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Binomial name | |
†Guiomys unica Pérez, 2010
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Guiomys is an extinct genus of cavioid rodent which lived in west central Patagonia of Argentina (Collón Curá Formation), Bolivia (Honda Group) and Peru (Yahuarango Formation) during the Middle Miocene (Laventan).[1][2] Guiomys is known from mandibular and maxillary fragments with molars, and isolated cheek teeth. It was first named by María E. Pérez in 2010 and the type species is Guiomys unica.[2]
References
- ↑ Guiomys at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 María E. Pérez (2010). "A new rodent (Cavioidea, Hystricognathi) from the middle Miocene of Patagonia, mandibular homologies, and the origin of the crown group Cavioidea sensu stricto". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (6): 1848–1859. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.522432.
Wikidata ☰ Q5616633 entry
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