Biology:Neoreomys
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Neoreomys is an extinct genus of caviomorph rodent that lived in South America during the Miocene epoch.[1]
Taxonomy
Phylogenetic analysis has shown Neoreomys to be a monophyletic genus not closely related to Dasyproctidae, but instead representing a plesiomorphic member of Cavioidea.[2]
Palaeobiology
Locomotion
Geometric morphometric analysis of the foot of Neoreomys points to it having had a generalised mode of ambulation, in contrast to other Late Oligocene and Early Miocene caviomorphs.[3]
Palaeoecology
Dental microwear analysis has found that Neoreomys australis was a consumer of fruits and seeds.[4]
References
- ↑ "PBDB Taxon". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=txn:42086.
- ↑ Urrea-Barreto, Francisco J.; Link, Andrés; Carrillo, Juan D.; Vanegas, Andrés; Perdomo, César A.; Cooke, Siobhán B.; Tallman, Melissa; Pérez, María E. (21 December 2023). "Systematic revision of Neoreomys huilensis Fields, 1957 (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the Middle Miocene of La Venta (Villavieja, Colombia)". Geodiversitas 45 (25). doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2023v45a25. ISSN 1280-9659. https://bioone.org/journals/geodiversitas/volume-45/issue-25/geodiversitas2023v45a25/Systematic-revision-of-Neoreomys-huilensis-Fields-1957-Rodentia-Hystricognathi-from/10.5252/geodiversitas2023v45a25.full. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Candela, Adriana M.; Muñoz, Nahuel A.; García Esponda, César M.; Vizcaíno, Sergio F. (18 November 2024). "Evolutionary trends of caviomorph rodents as elucidated using their oldest foot anatomy" (in en). Papers in Palaeontology 10 (6). doi:10.1002/spp2.1606. ISSN 2056-2799. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/spp2.1606. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Townsend, K. E Beth; Croft, Darin A. (5 June 2008). "Enamel microwear in caviomorph rodents" (in en). Journal of Mammalogy 89 (3): 730–743. doi:10.1644/06-MAMM-A-336R1.1. ISSN 0022-2372. https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article-lookup/doi/10.1644/06-MAMM-A-336R1.1. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
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