''Phoberomys'' is an extinct genus of rodents. Fossil specimens from the Late Miocene period have been discovered in the

Ituzaingó Formation The Ituzaingó Formation ( es, Formación Ituzaingó), in older literature also described as Entre Ríos or Entrerriana Formation, is an extensive geological formation of Late Miocene (Tortonian, or Huayquerian in the SALMA classification) age i ...

of Argentina, the

Solimões Formation The Pebas Formation is a lithostratigraphic unit of Miocene age, found in western Amazonia. The formation extends over , including parts of Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.Wesselingh et al., 2006 It is interpreted as representing the deposit ...

of Brazil, the

Urumaco Formation The Urumaco Formation is a formation in Venezuela that includes deposits from the Late Miocene. It is the site of several "giant forms": the turtles, crocodiles, sloths and rodents of Urumaco are among the largest of their groups. Location ...

at Urumaco in Venezuela, and the

Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = National seal , national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...

Species

Species in the genus described are:''Phoberomys''
at Fossilworks.org * '' Phoberomys burmeisteri (= P. insolita, P. lozanoi, P. minima, P. praecursor)'' * ''

Phoberomys pattersoni ''Phoberomys pattersoni'' is an extinct rodent that lived in the ancient Orinoco River delta around 8 million years ago. It was the second-largest of the roughly seven species of its genus. Like many other rodents, ''Phoberomys'' was a herbivore ...

'' Another species, ''P. bordasii'', has been considered as possibly belonging to ''Neoepiblema.''

References

Prehistoric pacaranas Miocene rodents Miocene mammals of South America Huayquerian Neogene Argentina Neogene Brazil Paraná Basin Neogene Venezuela Fossils of Argentina Fossils of Brazil Fossils of Venezuela Fossil taxa described in 1926 Prehistoric rodent genera Ituzaingó Formation {{paleo-rodent-stub