Josephoartigasia

Taxobox
name = †"Josephoartigasia"

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fossil_range = Early to Late Pliocene
image_width =250px
image_caption = "Josephoartigasia monesi"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
subordo = Hystricomorpha
familia = Dinomyidae
genus = †"Josephoartigasia"
genus_authority = Mones, 2007
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*†"Josephoartigasia monesi"
*†"Josephoartigasia magna"

"Josephoartigasia" is an extinct genus of rodent from the Early to Late Pliocene that is related to the living pacarana. The genera includes the largest known rodent, "Josephoartigasia monesi" [citeweb|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7408743.stm|title=Biggest rodent 'shrinks in size'|publisher=BBC News|date=2008-05-21] .

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