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Lapazomys

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Lapazomys
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Parvorder: Caviomorpha
Genus: Lapazomys
Species:
L. hartenbergeri
Binomial name
Lapazomys hartenbergeri
Pérez et. al., 2018

Lapazomys is an extinct genus of caviomorph rodent that lived in Bolivia during the Late Oligocene. It contains a single species, L. hartenbergeri.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Pérez, María Encarnación; Arnal, Michelle; Boivin, Myriam; Vucetich, María Guiomar; Candela, Adriana; Busker, Felipe; Quispe, Bernardino Mamani (19 May 2019). "New caviomorph rodents from the late Oligocene of Salla, Bolivia: taxonomic, chronological, and biogeographic implications for the Deseadan faunas of South America". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17 (10): 821–847. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1471622. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.