Guiomys
| Guiomys Temporal range: Middle Miocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Suborder: | Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Hystricognathi |
| Parvorder: | Caviomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cavioidea |
| Genus: | Guiomys Pérez, 2010 |
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Guiomys is an extinct genus of cavioid rodent which existed in west central Patagonia of Argentina, during the middle Miocene.[1] Guiomys is known from mandibular and maxillary fragments with molars, and isolated cheek teeth. It was first named by María E. Pérez in 2010 and the type species is Guiomys unica.[1]
References
- 1 2 María E. Pérez (2010). "A new rodent (Cavioidea, Hystricognathi) from the middle Miocene of Patagonia, mandibular homologies, and the origin of the crown group Cavioidea sensu stricto". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (6): 1848–1859. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.522432.
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