Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Full reference: M. E. Pérez, M. C. Vallejo-Pareja, J. D. Carrillo and C. Jaramillo. 2017. A new Pliocene capybara (Rodentia, Caviidae) from northern South America (Guajira, Colombia), and its implications for the Great American Biotic Interchange. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 24(1):111-125
Belongs to Hydrochoeropsis according to M. E. Pérez et al. 2017
Sister taxon: Hydrochoeropsis dasseni
Type specimen: MUN STRI-12846, a maxilla (maxilla fragment with left and right M1–M3). Its type locality is Ware Vertebrates, which is in a Piacenzian fluvial-deltaic sandstone/sandstone in the Ware Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Colombia (1 collection), Venezuela (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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