Tympanoctomys Yepes 1942 (plains viscacha rat)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Octodontidae
Parent taxon: Octodontinae according to M. E. Fernández et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Abalosia, Octodon, Sciamys, Spalacopus
Subtaxa: Tympanoctomys cordubensis
Ecology: semifossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (3 collections)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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