Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenomyidae
Full reference: M. G. Vucetich and D. H. Verzi. 1991. Un nuevo Echimyidae (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) de la edad Colhuehuapiense de Patagonia y consideraciones sobre la sistematica de la familia. Ameghiniana 28(1-2):67-74
Belongs to Willidewu according to Vucetich and Verzi 1991
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MLP 88-V-30-1, a partial skull (parte anterior de cráneo y cuerpo mandibular, ambos con la dentadura completa pero los P4 dañados.). Its type locality is South bank of Rio Negro - 10km SW of Paso Córdoba, which is in a Colhuehuapian terrestrial horizon in the Chichinales Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.