Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae
Synonyms: Mastonotus Wesmael 1841, Myopotamus Saint-Hilaire 1805, Tramyocastor Rusconi 1936
Parent taxon: Echimyidae according to N. S. Upham and B. D. Patterson 2015
See also Allen 1895, Ameghino 1885, Ameghino 1904, Arnal and Vucetich 2015, Carvalho and Salles 2004, McKenna and Bell 1997, Patterson and Pascual 1968, Rovereto 1914 and Woods et al. 1992
Sister taxa: Adelphomyinae, Carterodon, Chaetomyinae, Clyomys, Dactylomyinae, Dactylomys, Dicolpomys, Diplomys, Echimyinae, Eumysopinae, Eumysops, Euryzygomatomys, Gaimanomys, Haplostropha, Heteropsomyinae, Hoplomys, Isothrix, Lonchothrix, Maruchito, Mesomys, Pampamys, Paradelphomys, Proatherura, Quebradahondomys, Reigechimys, Theridomysops, Thrichomys, Trinomys
Subtaxa: Myocastor brevirostris Myocastor coypus Myocastor diligens Myocastor ipriscus Myocastor perditus Myopotamus australis Myopotamus obesus Myopotamus paranensis Tramyocastor andiai Tramyocastor majus
Type: Mus coypus
Ecology: amphibious herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (9 collections), Bolivia (4), Brazil (10), Chile (2), Uruguay (3)
• Pliocene of Argentina (2)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)
Total: 31 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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