Eumegamys

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Eumegamys
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Late Pliocene (Huayquerian-Uquian)
~9.0–2.6 Ma
Fossil femur of Eumegamys sp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dinomyidae
Genus: Eumegamys
Kraglievich, 1926
Synonyms
  • Carlesia pendolai Kraglievich 1926

Eumegamys is an extinct genus of dinomyid rodent from the late Miocene and Pliocene of Brazil (Solimões Formation), Venezuela (Urumaco Formation, Urumaco) and Argentina (Ituzaingó Formation) in South America.[1] Its skull was 50 cm (1.64 ft) long.[2]

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