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Neoreomys Ameghino 1887

Description

Neoreomys Ameghino, 1887a

TYPE SPECIES: Neoreomys australis Ameghino, 1887a.

INCLUDED SPECIES: The type species, N. pinturensis Kramarz, 2006b, and possibly “ N.huilensis Fields, 1957.

AGE AND DISTRIBUTION: Cerro Boleadoras Formation, Santacrucian SALMA, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina; Chinches Formation, Santacrucian SALMA, San Juan Province, Argentina; Chucal Formation, Santacrucian SALMA, Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile; Galera Formation, Santacrucian SALMA, Aysén Region, Chile; Pinturas Formation, Santacrucian (“ Pinturan ”) SALMA, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina; Santa Cruz Formation, Santacrucian SALMA, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina; Colhue-Huapi Member, Sarmiento Formation, Santacrucian (“ Pinturan ”) SALMA, Chubut Province, Argentina; Cura-Mallín Formation, Santacrucian? SALMA, Biobío Region, Chile; Collón Curá Formation, Colloncuran SALMA, Chubut, Neuquén, and Río Negro provinces, Argentina; Río Mayo or Pedregoso Formation, Mayoan? SALMA, Santa Cruz or Chubut Province, Argentina; La Victoria Formation, Laventan SALMA, Huila Department, Colombia.

Notes

Published as part of McGrath, Andrew J., Chick, Jennifer, Croft, Darin A., Dodson, Holly E., Flynn, John J. & Wyss, André R., 2022, Cavioids, Chinchilloids, and Erethizontoids (Hystricognathi, Rodentia, Mammalia) of the Early Miocene Pampa Castillo Fauna, Chile, pp. 1-48 in American Museum Novitates 2022 (3984) on page 14, DOI: 10.1206/3984.1, http://zenodo.org/record/20515116

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
SALMA
Scientific name authorship
Ameghino
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Dasyproctidae
Genus
Neoreomys
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Neoreomys Ameghino, 1887 sec. McGrath, Chick, Croft, Dodson, Flynn & Wyss, 2022

References

  • Ameghino, F. 1887 a. Observaciones generales sobre el orden de mamiferos extinguidos sudamericanos llamados toxodontes (Toxodontia) y sinopsis de los generos y especies hasta ahora conocidos. Anales del Museo de La Plata Entrega es: 1-66.
  • Kramarz, A. G. 2006 b. Neoreomys and Scleromys (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the Pinturas Formation, late early Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (Nueva Serie) 8: 53-62.
  • Fields, R. W. 1957. Hystricomorph rodents from the late Miocene of Colombia, South America. University of California Publications in Geological Science 32: 207-403.