Pozomys

Pozomys; Temporal range: Bartonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Genus:	† Pozomys
Species:	†P. ucayaliensis
Binomial name
	†Pozomys ucayaliensis; Boivin et. al., 2017

Last updated August 10, 2025

Pozomys is an extinct genus of caviomorph that lived during the Bartonian stage of the Eocene epoch.

Distribution

Pozomys ucayaliensis is known from the Pozo Formation of Peru.^[1]

References

↑ Boivin, M.; Marivaux, L.; Orliac, Mj; Pujos, F.; Salas-Gismondi, R.; Tejada-Lara, Jv; Antoine, P. (April 2017). "Late middle Eocene caviomorph rodents from Contamana, Peruvian Amazonia". Palaeontologia Electronica . doi:10.26879/742. hdl: 11336/66430 . ISSN 1094-8074 . Retrieved 26 June 2025– via Palaeontologia Electronica.

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[1] Boivin, M.; Marivaux, L.; Orliac, Mj; Pujos, F.; Salas-Gismondi, R.; Tejada-Lara, Jv; Antoine, P. (April 2017). "Late middle Eocene caviomorph rodents from Contamana, Peruvian Amazonia". Palaeontologia Electronica . doi:10.26879/742. hdl: 11336/66430 . ISSN 1094-8074 . Retrieved 26 June 2025– via Palaeontologia Electronica.

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