Eocardia (Dicardia) Ameghino 1891 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328

Parent taxon: Eocardia according to F. Ameghino 1891

See also Ameghino 1894

Sister taxa: Eocardia (Procardia), Eocardia (Tricardia), Eocardia montana, Eocardia petersoni, Eocardia robertoi, Eocardia robusta

Subtaxa: Eocardia (Dicardia) excavata Eocardia (Dicardia) maxima Eocardia (Dicardia) modica

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Type: Eocardia (Dicardia) maxima

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (6 collections), Chile (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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