Biology:Scleromys
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Scleromys is an extinct genus of dinomyid rodents that inhabited the continent of South America during the Miocene epoch.[1]
Description
The species Scleromys quadrangulatus is distinct from Scleromys osbornianus in that the former has less hypsodont cheek teeth than the latter and larger, more persistent flexids and flexi.[2]
References
- ↑ "PBDB Taxon". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=txn:42088.
- ↑ Kramarz, Alejandro (2006). "Neoreomys and Scleromys (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the Pinturas Formation, late Early Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina" (in es). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 8 (1): 53–62. ISSN 1853-0400. https://revista.macn.gob.ar/index.php/RevMus/article/view/356. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
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