Phoberomys insolita | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | †Neoepiblemidae |
Genus: | †Phoberomys |
Species: | †P. insolita
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Binomial name | |
†Phoberomys insolita Kraglievich, 1940
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Phoberomys insolita is an extinct species of rodent that was known as the largest rodent on earth, before the discovery of Josephoartigasia monesi. Fossil specimens from the Late Miocene period have been discovered in the Ituzaingó Formation of Argentina.[1][2]
It has been synonymized with Phoberomys burmeisteri.[3]