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Telicomys fossil map

Where fossils of Telicomys have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 5 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 5 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Telicomys
Image: Andrés Rinderknecht, Washington W. Jones, Ney Araújo, Gustavo Grinspan, and R. Ernesto Blanco, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived11.63–3 million years ago (Tortonian to Piacenzian)
PeriodsNeogene
FamilyDinomyidae
Named byKraglievich 1926
Fossil records16 occurrences at 6 locations (PBDB)
Found inBrazil, Argentina
Rock formationsSolimoes, Chapadmalal, Solimões, Monte Hermoso, Puerto Belgrano

About Telicomys

Telicomys is an extinct genus of rodent from the Solimões Formation, Brazil, South America.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Telicomys (revision 1301687162), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q568677.

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