Josephoartigasia magna

Taxobox
name = †"Josephoartigasia magna"
fossil_range = late Pliocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
subordo = Hystricomorpha
familia = Dinomyidae
genus = †"Josephoartigasia"
species = †"J. magna"
binomial = †"Josephoartigasia magna"
binomial_authority = (Francis & Mones, 1966)

"Josephoartigasia magna" was a giant prehistoric rodent.cite journal | laysummary = http://journals.royalsociety.org/content/34j867846u164624/ | title = The largest fossil rodent | doi = 10.1098/rspb.2007.1645 | url = http://journals.royalsociety.org/content/34j867846u164624/fulltext.pdf | format = pdf | last = Rinderknecht | first = Andrés | coauthors = R. Ernesto Blanco | date = 2008-01-15 | journal = Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences | quote = "Josephoartigasia monesi" sp. nov. (family: Dinomyidae; Rodentia: Hystricognathi: Caviomorpha)| accessdate = 2008-01-16 | volume = 275 | pages = 923]

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