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
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	†Neoepiblemidae
Genus:	†Phoberomys Kraglievich, 1926
Species
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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, have been considered as possibly belonging to Neoepiblema.

References

1. Phoberomys at Fossilworks.org
2. Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R.; Aguilera, Orangel A.; Carlini, Alfredo A. (2010). Urumaco and Venezuelan Paleontology: The Fossil Record of the Northern Neotropics. Indiana University Press. p. 218. ISBN 9780253002006.
3. Rasia, Luciano L.; Candela, Adriana M. (2018-05-19). "Reappraisal of the giant caviomorph rodent Phoberomys burmeisteri (Ameghino, 1886) from the late Miocene of northeastern Argentina, and the phylogeny and diversity of Neoepiblemidae". Historical Biology. 30 (4): 486–495. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1294168. ISSN 0891-2963.