Dinomyidae
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| 30 to 0 million years | ||||||||||||
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| Peters , 1873 |
The Dinomyidae ("terrible mice"), which include about 50 fossil species in addition to the Pakarana, which is still alive today , are a South American family of rodents from whose ranks the largest representatives of this order emerged. The recently discovered remains of the Pliocene species Josephoartigasia monesi suggest an animal weighing around a ton. Another extinct family of giant rodents from South America were the Neoepiblemidae , which are known to have about ten fossil species.
The Dinomyidae have been known from South America since the Oligocene . In addition to Josephoartigasia monesi , Phoberomys pattersoni and Telicomys giganteus are among the largest rodents that have ever lived.
Systematics
- Family Dinomyidae
- † Pseudodiodomus
- † Agnomys
- Subfamily † Eumegamyinae
- † Doellomys
- † Gyriabrus
- † Briaromys
- † tetrastyle
- † Phoberomys
- † Colpostemma
- † Orthomys
- † Eumegamys
- † Pseudosigmomys
- † Pentastylodon
- † Eumegamysops
- † Telicomys
- † Perumys
- † Artigasia
- † Josephoartigasia
- Subfamily † Potamarchinae
- † Scleromys
- † Olenopsis
- † Simplimus
- † Eusigmomys
- † Potamarchus
- Subfamily Dinomyinae
- † Telodontomys
- Pakarana ( Dinomys branickii )
literature
- Malcolm C. McKenna, Susan K. Bell: Classification of Mammals. Above the species level . Columbia University Press, New York, NY 1997, ISBN 0-231-11012-X (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Andrés Rinderknecht, R. Ernesto Blanco: The largest fossil rodent . January 15, 2008, doi : 10.1098 / rspb.2007.1645 ( Online [PDF]).
Web links
Commons : Dinomyidae - Collection of images, videos and audio files
