Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Full reference: A. M. Candela and R. A. Bonini. 2017. A new guinea pig (Rodentia, Caviomorpha) from northwestern Argentina: Implications for the origin of the genus Cavia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1352591
Belongs to Cavia according to A. M. Candela and R. A. Bonini 2017
Sister taxa: Cavia (Cavia), Cavia aperea, Cavia fulgida, Cavia galileoi, Cavia intermedia, Cavia lamingnae, Cavia magna, Cavia oeningensis, Cavia patzelti, Cavia porcellus, Cavia tschudii, Cavia vates
Type specimen: MCH-P 170, a mandible. Its type locality is San Fernando Norte, which is in a Zanclean terrestrial sandstone/conglomerate in the Andahuala Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Myanmar (1 collection), Somalia (1), Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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