Chubutomys simpsoni Wood and Patterson 1959 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Full reference: A. E. Wood and B. Patterson. 1959. The rodents of the Deseadan Oligocene of Patagonia and the beginnings of South American rodent evolution. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120:279-428

Belongs to Chubutomys according to A. E. Wood and B. Patterson 1959

Sister taxa: Chubutomys leucoreios, Chubutomys navaensis

Type specimen: AMNH 29557, a mandible (fragment of left ramus with m2-3). Its type locality is Cabeza Blanca, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial shale/claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Deseadan of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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