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Neoepiblemidae

Neoepiblemidae Temporal range: Early-Late Miocene (Colhuehuapian-Huayquerian) ~21.0–6.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Superfamily:	Cavioidea
Family:	†Neoepiblemidae Kraglievich 1926
Genera
†Doryperimys[1] †Perimys †Neoepiblema †Phoberomys

The Neoepiblemidae are an extinct family of hystricognath rodents from South America. The genera Dabbenea and Perumys are now included in Phoberomys.^[2] The delineation between Neoepiblemidae and Dinomyidae has historically been unclear, with some genera (such as Phoberomys and Eusigmomys) having varying taxonomic placement. A 2017 study found Phoberomys to be part of the group, while Eusigmomys was found to be part of the Dinomyidae.^[3]

Fossils of the family were found in the ColhuehuapiantoHuayquerian Pinturas, Sarmiento, Santa Cruz, Cerro Bandera and Ituzaingó Formations and Colhué Huapí Member of Argentina, the Solimões Formation of Brazil, the Pebas Formation of Peru and the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.^[4]

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Bibliography[edit]

• Horovitz, Inés; Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R.; Martin, Thomas; Aguilera, Orangel A. (2006). "The fossil record of Phoberomys pattersoni Mones 1980 (Mammalia, Rodentia) from Urumaco (Late Miocene, Venezuela), with an analysis of its phylogenetic relationships". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 4 (3): 293–306. Bibcode:2006JSPal...4..293H. doi:10.1017/s1477201906001908. S2CID 85211481.

Further reading[edit]

• Kramarz, A.G. 2001. Revision of the family Cephalomyidae (Rodentia, Caviomorpha) and new cephalomyids from the early Miocene of Patagonia. Palaeovertebrata 30(1-2):51-88.
• McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8

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