Temporal range: Late Oligocene (Deseadan) ~28.0–24.0 Ma
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Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Chinchillidae
Genus:
†Incamys Hoffstetter and Lavocat 1970
Type species
†Incamys bolivianus
Hoffstetter & Lavocat 1970
Species
I. bolivianusHoffstetter & Lavocat 1970
I. menniorumVucetich et al. 2015
Synonyms
I. pretiosusLavocat 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]
^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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1929264. ISSN 0272-4634.
^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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Busker, Felipe; Dozo, María Teresa (2017-05-28). "First Confirmed Record of Incamys Bolivianus (Caviomorpha, Chinchilloidea) in the Deseadan of Patagonia (Argentina)"...
China A chipmunk; a new genus for "Eutamias" sihongensis Qiu & Lin (1986). Incamys menniorum Sp. nov Valid Vucetich et al. Late Oligocene Sarmiento Formation...
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