†Abrocoma Waterhouse 1837 (chinchilla rat)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Abrocomidae
Parent taxon: Abrocomidae according to N. S. Upham and B. D. Patterson 2015
See also Rovereto 1914, Verzi et al. 2014 and Verzi and Quintana 2005
Sister taxon: Protabrocoma
Subtaxa: Abrocoma antiqua
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Chile (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (3)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
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