Propediolagus marplatensis Ortega Hinosa 1963 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae

Full reference: E. J. Ortega Hinosa. 1963. Dos nuevos Caviidae de la region de Chapadmalal. Datos complementarios a las diagnosis de otros Caviinae poso conocidos. Ameghiniana 3(1):21-28

Belongs to Propediolagus according to E. J. Ortega Hinosa 1963

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MMP 52-X-5-19, a mandible (ambas ramas mandibulares fragmentadas col p4 - m1 y el alveolo del m2 izquirerdos y el p4 derecho). Its type locality is Mar del Plata, which is in a Chapadmalalan terrestrial horizon in the Chapadmalal Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Mar del Plata

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