†Protadelphomys latus Ameghino 1902 (caviomorph)
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Synonym: Gaimanomys alwinea Vucetich and Bond 1984
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Première contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique des couches à Colpodon [First contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Colopdon Beds]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:71-141
Belongs to Protadelphomys according to F. Ameghino 1902
See also Vucetich and Bond 1984, Vucetich et al. 2010 and Vucetich et al. 1992
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Protadelphomys latus: MACN A52-143 , a mandible (hemimandíbula derecha con m/3 y el incisivo)
- Gaimanomys alwinea: MLP 75-II-5-9, a partial skull. Its type locality is Southern Cliff of lower Chubut River Valley, near Gaiman, which is in a Colhuehuapian paralic mudstone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
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