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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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