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
Ecology: amphibious herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Argentina (13)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
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