Megastus elongatus Roth 1898 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Eocardiidae

Full reference: S. Roth. 1898. Reconocimiento de la Region Andina de la República Argentina. Apuntes sobre la Geología y la Paleontología de los Territorios del Río Negro y Neuquén (Diciembre de 1895 á Junio de 1896) [Reconaissance of the Andean Region of the Argentine Republic. Notes on the Geology and Paleontology of the Territories of the Río Negro and Neuquén (December 1895 to June 1896)] 1-56

Belongs to Megastus according to S. Roth 1898

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Canyons of Lower valley of Collón Cura River, which is in a Colloncuran terrestrial horizon in the Collón Cura Formation of Argentina

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Canyons of Lower valley of Collón Cura River

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