Phugatherium Ameghino 1887 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae

Synonyms: Anchimysops Kraglievich 1927, Chapalmatherium Ameghino 1908, Neoanchimys Pascual and Bondesio 1961, Protohydrochoerus Rovereto 1914

Parent taxon: Hydrochoeridae according to J. L. Prado et al. 1998

See also Albright et al. 2019, MacFadden et al. 1993, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mones 1991, Rovereto 1914, Vucetich et al. 2005, Vucetich et al. 2014, Vucetich et al. 2014 and Vucetich et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Anatochoerinae, Anatochoerus, Cantracavia, Cardiatheriinae, Cardiatherium, Contracavia, Protohydrochoerinae

Subtaxa: Anchimysops dubius Anchimysops radicei Anchimysops villalobosi Phugatherium cataclisticum Phugatherium dichroplax Phugatherium novum

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Ecology: amphibious grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (2: Florida)

• Blancan of Mexico (2), United States (7: Arizona, Florida)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene of Argentina (8), Bolivia (1), United States (1: South Carolina)

• Montehermosan of Argentina (9), Bolivia (2)

• Miocene of Argentina (2)

Total: 36 collections including 47 occurrences

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