Neoepiblemidae Explained

The Neoepiblemidae are an extinct family of hystricognath rodents from South America. The genera Dabbenea and Perumys are now included in Phoberomys.^[1] The delineation between Neoepiblemidae and Dinomyidae has historically been unclear, with some genera (such as Phoberomys and Eusigmomys) having varying taxonomic placement. A 2017 study found Phoberomys to be part of the group, while Eusigmomys was found to be part of the Dinomyidae.^[2]

Fossils of the family were found in the Colhuehuapian to Huayquerian Pinturas, Sarmiento, Santa Cruz, Cerro Bandera and Ituzaingó Formations and Colhué Huapí Member of Argentina, the Solimões Formation of Brazil, the Pebas Formation of Peru and the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.^[3]

References

Bibliography

• 10.1017/s1477201906001908. The fossil record of Phoberomys pattersoni Mones 1980 (Mammalia, Rodentia) from Urumaco (Late Miocene, Venezuela), with an analysis of its phylogenetic relationships . 2006 . Horovitz . Inés . Sánchez-Villagra . Marcelo R. . Martin . Thomas . Aguilera . Orangel A. . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . 4 . 3 . 293–306 . 2006JSPal...4..293H . 85211481 .

Further reading

• Kramarz, A.G. 2001. Revision of the family Cephalomyidae (Rodentia, Caviomorpha) and new cephalomyids from the early Miocene of Patagonia. Palaeovertebrata 30(1-2):51-88.
• McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. 

Notes and References

1. Horovitz et al. 2006
2. 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. en. 30. 4. 486–495. 10.1080/08912963.2017.1294168. 2018HBio...30..486R . 90381892 . 0891-2963. 11336/56417. free.
3. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=251862 Neoepiblemidae