Mayomys

Mayomys; Temporal range: Early Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Superfamily:	Octodontoidea
Genus:	† Mayomys
Species:	†M. confluens
Binomial name
	†Mayomys confluens; Boivin et. al., 2018

Last updated August 10, 2025

Mayomys is an extinct genus of octodontoid that lived during the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene epoch.

Distribution

Mayomys confluens is known from the Pozo Formation of Peru.^[1]

References

↑ 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 24 June 2025– via Schweizerbart Science Publishers.

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[1] 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 24 June 2025– via Schweizerbart Science Publishers.

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