Phoberomys
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | †Neoepiblemidae |
| Genus: | †Phoberomys Kraglievich, 1926 |
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Phoberomys is an extinct genus of rodents. Fossil specimens from the
Solimões Formation of Brazil, the Urumaco Formation at Urumaco in Venezuela, and the Pliocene of Peru.[1][2][3]
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.
References
Prehistoric mammals portal
- ^ a b Phoberomys at Fossilworks.org
- ISBN 9780253002006.
- ^ ISSN 0891-2963.
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