Paramyocastor Ameghino 1904 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Myocastoridae

Synonym: Isomyopotamus Rovereto 1914

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142

Parent taxon: Myocastoridae according to F. Ameghino 1904

See also Deschamps et al. 2012, McKenna and Bell 1997, Patterson and Pascual 1968, Rovereto 1914 and Verzi et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Matyoscor, Strophostephanos

Subtaxa: Paramyocastor diligens

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Ecology: amphibious herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Argentina (13)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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