Disteiromys graciloides Ameghino 1904 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Coendidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142

Belongs to Disteiromys according to F. Ameghino 1904

See also Rovereto 1914

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Laguna Blanca (Chubut), which is in a Friasian terrestrial horizon in the Rio Frias Formation of Argentina

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Laguna Blanca (Chubut)

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