†Pliolagostomus notatus Ameghino 1887 (chinchilid)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae

Synonym: Prolagostomus amplus Ameghino 1894

Belongs to Pliolagostomus according to S. F. Vizcaíno et al. 2022

See also Ameghino 1894 and Rasia and Candela 2019

Sister taxon: Pliolagostomus friasensis

Type specimens:

  • Pliolagostomus notatus: Its type locality is Barrancas del Río Santa Cruz, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina
  • Prolagostomus amplus: MACN-A 4439, a mandible (fragment of left and right mandibles with incisors and p4- m3).

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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