Vucetichimys
| Vucetichimys Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Parvorder: | Caviomorpha |
| Genus: | † |
| Species: | †V. pretrilophodoncia
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| Binomial name | |
| †Vucetichimys pretrilophodoncia Arnal et. al., 2022
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Vucetichimys is an extinct genus of caviomorph rodent that lived during the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene epoch.
Distribution
Vucetichimys pretrilophodoncia is known from the Santa Rosa fossil site in Peru.[1]
References
- ^ Arnal, Michelle; Pérez, María Encarnación; Tejada Medina, Luz Marina; Campbell, Kenneth E. (2 December 2022). "The high taxonomic diversity of the Palaeogene hystricognath rodents (Caviomorpha) from Santa Rosa (Peru, South America) framed within a new geochronological context". Historical Biology. 34 (12): 2350–2373. Bibcode:2022HBio...34.2350A. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.2017916. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 31 March 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.