Selvamys

Selvamys
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Octodontoidea
Genus: †Selvamys
Species:
†S. paulus
Binomial name
†Selvamys paulus
Boivin et. al., 2018

Selvamys is an extinct genus of octodontoid rodent that lived in South America during the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene epoch.[1]

Distribution

Selvamys paulus is known from deposits of the Oligocene-aged Pozo Formation of Peru.[2]

References

  1. ^ "PBDB Taxon". Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  2. ^ Boivin, Myriam; Marivaux, Laurent; Pujos, François; Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo; Tejada-Lara, Julia V.; Varas-Malca, Rafael M.; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier (2 August 2018). "Early Oligocene caviomorph rodents from Shapaja, Peruvian Amazonia". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 311 (1–6): 87–156. doi:10.1127/pala/2018/0075. hdl:11336/87451. ISSN 0375-0442. Retrieved 16 January 2026 – via Schweizerbart Science Publishers.
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