Mammalia - Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae
Alternative combination: Plexochoerus lynchii
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027
Belongs to Cardiatherium according to Francis and Mones 1965
See also Ameghino 1889
Sister taxa: Cardiatherium calingastaense, Cardiatherium chasicoense, Cardiatherium dubium, Cardiatherium isseli, Cardiatherium magnum, Cardiatherium paranense, Cardiatherium patagonicum, Cardiatherium rosendoi, Cardiatherium rothi, Cardiatherium talicei, Cardiotherium isseli, Kiyutherium scillatoyanei, Kiyutherium denticulatum, Kiyutherium orientalis, Kiyutherium rosendoi, Anchimys leidyi, Cardiodon marshii, Eucardiodon affinis, Plexochoerus puelchensis, Plexochoerus adluis, Plexochoerus paranensis, Procardiatherium octolaminatus, Procardiatherium matercula, Procardiatherium septemlaminatus, Procardiatherium rosendoi, Procardiatherium chasicoense
Ecology: amphibious grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cardiatherium lynchii in the database
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