Scleromys

Scleromys Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Dinomyidae
Genus:	† Scleromys Ameghino, 1887
Type species
Scleromys angustus Ameghino, 1887
Other species
Scleromys colombianusFields, 1957 Scleromys osbornianusAmeghino, 1894 Scleromys quadrangulatusKramarz, 2006 Scleromys schurmanniStehlin, 1940

Scleromys is an extinct genus of dinomyid rodents that inhabited the continent of South America during the Miocene epoch. ^[1]

Description

The species Scleromys quadrangulatus is distinct from Scleromys osbornianus in that the former has less hypsodont cheek teeth than the latter and larger, more persistent flexids and flexi. ^[2]

References

1. "PBDB Taxon" . Retrieved 18 December 2025.
2. Kramarz, Alejandro (2006). "Neoreomys and Scleromys (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the Pinturas Formation, late Early Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina". Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (in Spanish). 8 (1): 53–62. ISSN   1853-0400 . Retrieved 18 December 2025.