†Incamys bolivianus Hoffstetter and Lavocat 1970 (chinchilid)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Synonym: Incamys pretiosus Lavocat 1976
Full reference: R. Hoffstetter and R. Lavocat. 1970. Découverte dans le Déséadien de Bolivia de genres pentalophodontes appuyant les affinités africaines des Rongeurs Caviomorphes. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris 271:172-175
Belongs to Incamys according to F. Busker and M. T. Dozo 2017
See also Hoffstetter and Lavocat 1970, Lavocat 1976 and Patterson and Wood 1982
Sister taxon: Incamys menniorum
Type specimens:
- Incamys bolivianus: SAL 117A, SAL 117B, a skull (anterior portion of the skull, back as far as M3, with associated ramus, including a complete set of upper and lower cheek teeth). Its type locality is Salla, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Salla Formation of Bolivia.
- Incamys pretiosus: MNHN SAL 162, a partial skull ("portio de tête avec région basale de l'arrière-crâne" (part of head with the basicranium)). Its type locality is Salla, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Salla Formation of Bolivia.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Deseadan of Argentina (1 collection), Bolivia (3)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
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