Pozomys

Pozomys
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Genus: †
Species:
†P. ucayaliensis
Binomial name
†Pozomys ucayaliensis
Boivin et. al., 2017

Pozomys is an extinct genus of caviomorph that lived during the Bartonian stage of the Eocene epoch.

Distribution

Pozomys ucayaliensis is known from the Pozo Formation of Peru.[1]

References

  1. ^ Boivin, M.; Marivaux, L.; Orliac, Mj; Pujos, F.; Salas-Gismondi, R.; Tejada-Lara, Jv; Antoine, P. (April 2017). "Late middle Eocene caviomorph rodents from Contamana, Peruvian Amazonia". Palaeontologia Electronica. doi:10.26879/742. hdl:11336/66430. ISSN 1094-8074. Retrieved 26 June 2025 – via Palaeontologia Electronica.


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