Panchomys steppani Pardiñas 1997 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: U. F. J. Pardiñas. 1997. Un nuevo sigmodontino (Mammalia: Rodentia) del Plioceno de Argentina y consideraciones sobre. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 70:543-555

Belongs to Panchomys according to Pardiñas 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MLP 88-XI-20-1, a mandible (fragmento de hemimandíbula izquierda). Its type locality is Playa Terrazas del Marquesado, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial siltstone in the Vorohué Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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