Eoctodon Ameghino 1902 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Octodontidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Première contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique des couches à Colpodon [First contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Colopdon Beds]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:71-141

Parent taxon: Octodontidae according to F. Ameghino 1902

See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wood and Patterson 1959

Sister taxa: Eucoelophorus, Massoiamys, Metacaremys, Octodontinae, Octodontomys, Octomys, Palaeoctodon, Phthoramys, Phtoramys, Pithanotomys, Plataeomys, Pseudoplataeomys

Subtaxa: Eoctodon crassiusculus Eoctodon securiclatus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eoctodon in the database

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