Mammalia - Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae
Alternative spelling: Cardiotherium
Synonyms: Anchimys Ameghino 1886, Cardiodon Ameghino 1885, Eucardiodon Ameghino 1891, Kiyutherium Francis and Mones 1965, Plexochoerus Ameghino 1886, Procardiatherium Ameghino 1885
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1883. Sobre una nueva colección de mamíferos fósiles recogidos por el Profesor Scalabrini en Las Barrancas del Paraña [On a collection of fossil mammals collected by Professor Scalabrini in Las Barrancas of Paraña]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 5(3):55-104
Parent taxon: Hydrochoeridae according to J. L. Prado et al. 1998
See also Ameghino 1885, Candela et al. 2012, Cione et al. 2000, Francis and Mones 1965, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mones 1991, Mones and Castiglioni 1979, Rovereto 1914 and Vucetich et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Anatochoerinae, Anatochoerus, Cantracavia, Cardiatheriinae, Contracavia, Phugatherium, Protohydrochoerinae
Subtaxa: Anchimys leidyi Cardiatherium calingastaense Cardiatherium chasicoense Cardiatherium dubium Cardiatherium isseli Cardiatherium lynchii Cardiatherium magnum Cardiatherium paranense Cardiatherium patagonicum Cardiatherium rosendoi Cardiatherium rothi Cardiatherium talicei Cardiodon marshii Cardiotherium isseli Eucardiodon affinis Kiyutherium denticulatum Kiyutherium orientalis Kiyutherium rosendoi Kiyutherium scillatoyanei Plexochoerus adluis Plexochoerus paranensis Plexochoerus puelchensis Procardiatherium chasicoense Procardiatherium matercula Procardiatherium octolaminatus Procardiatherium rosendoi Procardiatherium septemlaminatus
Type: Cardiatherium doeringi
Ecology: amphibious grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (3 collections), Venezuela (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (14)
• Miocene of Argentina (8), Brazil (3), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (2)
Total: 32 collections including 40 occurrences
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