Lagostomus telenkechanum Rasia and Candela 2017 (viscacha)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae

Full reference: L. L. Rasia and A. M. Candela. 2017. Lagostomus telenkechanum, sp. nov., a new lagostomine rodent (Caviomorpha, Chinchillidae) from the Arroyo Chasicó Formation (late Miocene; Buenos Aires Province, Argentina). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(1):e1239205

Belongs to Lagostomus according to L. L. Rasia and A. M. Candela 2017

Sister taxa: Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis), Lagostomus angustidens, Lagostomus antiquus, Lagostomus cavifrons, Lagostomus compressidens, Lagostomus debilis, Lagostomus euplasius, Lagostomus heterogenidens, Lagostomus intermedius, Lagostomus laminosus, Lagostomus maximus, Lagostomus minimus, Lagostomus pretrichodactyla, Lagostomus trichodactylus

Type specimen: —MLP-Pv 60-VI-18-100, a maxilla (palate with right and left P4–M3). Its type locality is Arroyo Chasicó, which is in a Chasicoan floodplain sandstone in the Arroyo Chasicó Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (13 collections)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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