Palaeocavia Ameghino 1889 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027

Parent taxon: Caviinae according to M. C. Madozzo-Jaén and M. E. Pérez 2017

See also Ameghino 1889, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Rovereto 1914

Sister taxon: Galea

Subtaxa: Palaeocavia avita Palaeocavia brocherense Palaeocavia chapalmalense Palaeocavia humahuaquense Palaeocavia impar Palaeocavia mawka Palaeocavia minuta Palaeocavia pampaea

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Argentina (2)

• Montehermosan of Argentina (9)

• Miocene of Argentina (11)

Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences

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