Biology:Phoberomys insolita
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Short description: Extinct species of rodent
| Phoberomys insolita | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | †Neoepiblemidae |
| Genus: | †Phoberomys |
| Species: | †P. insolita
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| †Phoberomys insolita Kraglievich, 1940
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Phoberomys insolita is an extinct species of rodent that was known as the largest rodent on earth, before the discovery of Josephoartigasia monesi. Fossil specimens from the Late Miocene period have been discovered in the Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina.[1][2]
It has been synonymized with Phoberomys burmeisteri.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Phoberomys insolita at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R.; Aguilera, Orangel A.; Carlini, Alfredo A. (2010). Urumaco and Venezuelan Paleontology: The Fossil Record of the Northern Neotropics. Indiana University Press. p. 218. ISBN 9780253002006.
- ↑ Rasia, Luciano L.; Candela, Adriana M. (2018-05-19). "Reappraisal of the giant caviomorph rodent Phoberomys burmeisteri (Ameghino, 1886) from the late Miocene of northeastern Argentina, and the phylogeny and diversity of Neoepiblemidae". Historical Biology 30 (4): 486–495. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1294168. ISSN 0891-2963. http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/106494.
Wikidata ☰ Q24883960 entry
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