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Saremmys

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Saremmys
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Parvorder: Caviomorpha
Superfamily: Chinchilloidea
Genus: Saremmys
Busker et. al., 2019
Species:
S. ligcura
Binomial name
Saremmys ligcura
Busker et. al., 2019

Saremmys is an extinct genus of chinchilloid that lived in Argentina during the Miocene epoch. It contains the single species Saremmys ligcura.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Busker, Felipe; Pérez, María E.; Dozo, María T. (July 2019). "A new chinchilloid (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the early Miocene of the localities of Bryn Gwyn and Gran Barranca (Patagonia, Argentina)". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 18 (5): 525–540. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2019.05.003. Retrieved 11 October 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.