Alternative combination: Dicardia excavata
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328
Belongs to Eocardia (Dicardia) according to F. Ameghino 1891
See also Ameghino 1894
Sister taxa: Eocardia (Dicardia) maxima, Eocardia (Dicardia) modica
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (6 collections), Chile (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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