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Phoberomys insolita

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Extinct species of rodent

Phoberomys insolita
Temporal range: Late Miocene (Huayquerian)
~9.0–6.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: †Neoepiblemidae
Genus: †Phoberomys
Species: †P. insolita
Binomial name
†Phoberomys insolita
Kraglievich, 1940

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.

It has been synonymized with Phoberomys burmeisteri.

See also

References

  1. Phoberomys insolita at Fossilworks.org
  2. 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.
  3. 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. Bibcode:2018HBio...30..486R. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1294168. hdl:11336/56417. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 90381892.
Taxon identifiers
Phoberomys insolita


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