Acaremys tricarinatus Ameghino 1894 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Acaremyidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1894. Enumeration synoptique des especes de mammifères fossiles des formations éocènes de Patagonie. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba (Republica Argentina) 13:259-452

Belongs to Acaremys according to F. Ameghino 1894

See also Arnal and Vucetich 2015

Sister taxa: Acaremys major, Acaremys messor, Acaremys minutissimus, Acaremys murinus, Acaremys preminutus, Acaremys scagliai

Type specimen: MACN A 4113, a mandible (right and left dentary with right and left p4-m3). Its type locality is Cerro Observatorio, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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