Abrocoma Waterhouse 1837 (chinchilla rat)

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

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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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