Scleromys
Extinct genus of dinomyid rodents
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Scleromys is an extinct genus of dinomyid rodents that inhabited the continent of South America during the Miocene epoch.[1]
| Scleromys Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Dinomyidae |
| Genus: | †Scleromys Ameghino, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| Scleromys angustus Ameghino, 1887 | |
| Other species | |
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Scleromys colombianus Fields, 1957 Scleromys osbornianus Ameghino, 1894 Scleromys quadrangulatus Kramarz, 2006 Scleromys schurmanni Stehlin, 1940 | |
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]