Full reference: A. E. Wood and B. Patterson. 1959. The rodents of the Deseadan Oligocene of Patagonia and the beginnings of South American rodent evolution. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120:279-428
Parent taxon: Cavioidea according to M. E. Pérez et al. 2012
See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wood and Patterson 1959
Sister taxa: Agoutidae, Andemys, Asteromys, Banderomys, Caviidae, Cuniculidae, Dasyproctidae, Eobranisamys, Eocardia, Eocardiidae, Guiomys, Hydrochoeridae, Luantus, Microcardiodon, Neoreomys, Soriamys
Subtaxa: Chubutomys leucoreios Chubutomys navaensis Chubutomys simpsoni
Type: Chubutomys simpsoni
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Deseadan of Argentina (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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