†Xenocardia diversidens 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
Belongs to Xenocardia according to R. Pascual and P. Bondesio 1963
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Loma de Camello (Huachipampa), which is in a Chasicoan delta plain mudstone/sandstone in the Huachipampa Formation of Argentina
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Loma de Camello (Huachipampa)
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