Incamys

Incamys
Temporal range: Late Oligocene (Deseadan)
~28.0–24.0 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Chinchillidae
Genus: †Incamys
Hoffstetter and Lavocat 1970
Type species
†Incamys bolivianus
Species
Synonyms
  • I. pretiosus Lavocat 1976

Incamys is an extinct genus of chinchillid rodent that lived during the Late Oligocene (Deseadan) in what is now South America. Fossils of this genus have been found in the Salla Formation of Bolivia and the Agua de la Piedra[1] and Sarmiento Formations of Argentina.[2] Research on endocasts suggest they were group living using call communication like modern chinchillas.[3]

  1. ^ Candela, Adriana M.; Pérez, M. Encarnación; Rasia, Luciano L.; Cerdeño, Esperanza (2021-03-04). "New late Oligocene caviomorph rodents from Mendoza Province, central-western Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (2): e1929264. Bibcode:2021JVPal..41E9264C. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1929264. ISSN 0272-4634.
  2. ^ Patterson, B.; Wood, Albert Elmer (1982). "Rodents from the Deseadan Oligocene of Bolivia and the relationships of the caviomorpha". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 149: 371–543. ISSN 0027-4100.
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