Cephalomys

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Cephalomys
Temporal range: Oligocene–Miocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cephalomyidae
Genus: Cephalomys
Ameghino, 1897
Synonyms[1]
  • Orchiomys Ameghino, 1897

Cephalomys is an extinct genus of rodent that inhabited South America during the Oligocene and Miocene epochs.

Distribution

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Cephalomys arcidens inhabited Patagonia during the Late Oligocene.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Cephalomys in the Paleobiology Database
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