†Eocardia robusta Vucetich 1984 (caviomorph)
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Synonyms: Eocardia divisa Ameghino 1887, Eocardia perforata Ameghino 1887, Tricardia divisa Ameghino 1887
Full reference: M. G. Vucetich. 1984. Los roedores de la Edad Friasense (Mioceno medio) de Patagonia. Revista del Museo de la Plata (Nuova serie) Paleontologia 50(8):47-126
Belongs to Eocardia according to M. G. Vucetich 1984
See also Ameghino 1894
Sister taxa: Eocardia (Dicardia), Eocardia (Procardia), Eocardia (Tricardia), Eocardia montana, Eocardia petersoni, Eocardia robertoi
Type specimens:
- Eocardia robusta: MLP 15-414, a partial skull (craneo casi completo sin los arcos cigomaticos con todos los molariformes y los I quebrados al nivel alveolar). Its type locality is Plateau of Lower valley of Collón Cura River, which is in a Colloncuran terrestrial horizon in the Collón Cura Formation of Argentina.
- Eocardia divisa:
- Eocardia perforata:
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (7 collections), Chile (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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