†Xenocardia Pascual and Bondesio 1963 (caviomorph)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Full reference: R. Pascual and P. Bondesio. 1963. Nuevo tipo de morfologia dentaria en un Cardiatheriinae (Rodentia, Hydrochoeridae) del Plioceno Inferior de Huachipampa (San Juan). Ameghiniana 3(2):43-49
Parent taxon: Hydrochoerinae according to R. Pascual and P. Bondesio 1963
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Xenocardia diversidens
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Loma de Camello (Huachipampa) (Miocene of Argentina)
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