Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027
Belongs to Lagostomus according to F. Ameghino 1889
Sister taxa: Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis), Lagostomus angustidens, Lagostomus antiquus, Lagostomus compressidens, Lagostomus debilis, Lagostomus euplasius, Lagostomus heterogenidens, Lagostomus intermedius, Lagostomus laminosus, Lagostomus maximus, Lagostomus minimus, Lagostomus pretrichodactyla, Lagostomus telenkechanum, Lagostomus trichodactylus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lagostomus cavifrons in the database
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