Arazamys

Arazamys; Temporal range: Huayquerian; ~9.0–6.8 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
Family:	Dinomyidae
Genus:	†Arazamys; Rinderknecht et al., 2011
Type species
	Arazamys castiglionii;
Synonyms
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Arazamys is an extinct genus of dinomyid rodent from the Huayquerian. Fossils have been found at the Camacho Formation in Uruguay.^[1]

References

^ Rinderknecht, A.; Bostelmann, E.; Ubilla, M. (2011). "New genus of giant Dinomyidae (Rodentia: Hystricognathi: Caviomorpha) from the late Miocene of Uruguay". Journal of Mammalogy. 92 (1): 169–178. doi:10.1644/10-MAMM-A-099.1.

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