†family Neoepiblemidae Kraglievich 1926 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Neoepiblemidae

Parent taxon: Chinchilloidea according to L. L. Rasia and A. M. Candela 2018

See also Bocquentin et al. 1990

Sister taxa: Borikenomys, Dinomyidae, Garridomys, Heptaxodontidae, Loncolicu, Maquiamys, Microscleromys, Niedemys, Saremmys, Ucayalimys

Subtaxa: Doryperimys Neoepiblema Perimys Phoberomys

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Peru (1 collection), Venezuela (1)

• Huayquerian of Argentina (1), Venezuela (3)

• Miocene of Argentina (40), Brazil (10), Chile (3), Peru (4), Venezuela (11)

Total: 74 collections including 129 occurrences

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