Perimys
Extinct genus of rodents / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Perimys is an extinct genus of neoepiblemid rodent that lived from the Early to Late Miocene in what is now South America. Fossils have been found in the Cerro Bandera,[1] Cerro Boleadoras,[2] Ituzaingó, Santa Cruz,[3] and Sarmiento Formations of Argentina,[4] and the Galera,[5] Santa Cruz[6] and Río Frías Formations of Chile.
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Perimys | |
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Left m1 and m2 of Perimys sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | †Neoepiblemidae |
Genus: | †Perimys Ameghino, 1887 |
Type species | |
†Perimys erutus Ameghino, 1887 | |
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Synonyms | |
Sphodromys Ameghino 1887 |
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