Phoberomys

Phoberomys is an extinct genus of rodents. Fossil specimens from the Late Miocene period have been discovered in the Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina, the Solimões Formation of Brazil, the Urumaco Formation at Urumaco in Venezuela, and the Pliocene of Peru.^[1][2][3]

Phoberomys Temporal range: Late Miocene (Huayquerian) ~9.0–7.246 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
Family:	†Neoepiblemidae
Genus:	†Phoberomys Kraglievich, 1926
Species
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The skull of Phoberomys pattersoni

Species

Species in the genus described are:^[1][3]

• Phoberomys burmeisteri (=P. insolita, P. lozanoi, P. minima, P. praecursor)
• Phoberomys pattersoni

Another species, P. bordasii, has been considered as possibly belonging to Neoepiblema.