Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Alternative combination: Lagostomus primigenius
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
Belongs to Prolagostomus according to F. Ameghino 1894
See also Ameghino 1889
Sister taxa: Prolagostomus divisus, Prolagostomus imperialis, Prolagostomus oblicuidens, Prolagostomus profluens, Prolagostomus pusillus, Prolagostomus rosendoi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Prolagostomus primigenius in the database
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