Banderomys leanzai Kramarz 2005 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Full reference: A. G. Kramarz. 2005. A primitive cephalomyid hystricognath rodent from the early Miocene of northern Patagonia, Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(2):249-258

Belongs to Banderomys according to A. G. Kramarz 2005

See also Vucetich et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PVPH 367, a mandible (left madibular fragment with m1 and m2 and the alveoli for the incisor and p4). Its type locality is Cerro Bandera Type, which is in a Colhuehuapian terrestrial volcaniclastic in the Cerro Bandera Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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