Saremmys is an extinct genus of chinchilloid that lived in Argentina during the Miocene epoch. It contains the single species Saremmys ligcura.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Infraorder: | Hystricognathi |
| Parvorder: | Caviomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Chinchilloidea |
| Genus: | †Saremmys Busker et. al., 2019 |
| Species: | †S. ligcura
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| †Saremmys ligcura Busker et. al., 2019
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References
edit- ^ Busker, Felipe; Pérez, María E.; Dozo, María T. (July 2019). "A new chinchilloid (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the early Miocene of the localities of Bryn Gwyn and Gran Barranca (Patagonia, Argentina)". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 18 (5): 525–540. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2019.05.003. Retrieved 11 October 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
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