†Australoprocta fleaglei Kramarz 1998 (caviomorph)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Dasyproctidae
Full reference: A. G. Kramarz. 1998. Un nuevo Dasyproctidae (Rodentia, Caviomorpha) del Mioceno inferior de Patagonia. Ameghiniana 35(2):181-192
Belongs to Australoprocta according to A. G. Kramarz 1998
See also Vucetich et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MACN CH 1775, a tooth (M2 left). Its type locality is Southern Cliff of lower Chubut River Valley, near Gaiman, which is in a Colhuehuapian paralic mudstone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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