Phanomys vetulus Ameghino 1891 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Eocardiidae

Belongs to Phanomys according to Ameghino 1891

See also Pérez and Vucetich 2011

Sister taxon: Phanomys mixtus

Type specimen: MACN A 2024, a set of teeth (nine isolated molariforms: (a) left p4; (b) right m1 or m2; (c) left m1 or m2; (d) right m1 or m2; (e) very damaged lower molar; (f) juvenile left P4 and maxill). Its type locality is Barrancas del Río Santa Cruz, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Barrancas del Río Santa Cruz

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