| Dudumus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Superfamily: | Octodontoidea |
| Genus: | Dudumus |
| Species: | D. ruigomezi
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| Binomial name | |
| Dudumus ruigomezi Arnal et. al., 2014
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Dudumus is an extinct genus of octodontoid rodent that lived during the Early Miocene.
Distribution
[edit]Dudumus ruigomezi fossil remains are known from the Trelew Member of the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Arnal, Michelle; Kramarz, Alejandro G.; Vucetich, M. Guiomar; Vieytes, E. Carolina (4 March 2014). "A new early Miocene octodontoid rodent (Hystricognathi, Caviomorpha) from Patagonia (Argentina) and a reassessment of the early evolution of Octodontoidea". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (2): 397–406. Bibcode:2014JVPal..34..397A. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.808203. hdl:11336/29748. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 1 April 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
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