Mammalia - Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae
Full reference: E. Cerdeño, M. E. Pérez, C. M. Deschamps and V. H. Contreras. 2019. A new capybara from the late Miocene of San Juan Province, Argentina, and its phylogenetic implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64(XX)
Belongs to Cardiatherium according to E. Cerdeño et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Cardiatherium chasicoense, Cardiatherium dubium, Cardiatherium isseli, Cardiatherium lynchii, Cardiatherium magnum, Cardiatherium paranense, Cardiatherium patagonicum, Cardiatherium rosendoi, Cardiatherium rothi, Cardiatherium talicei, Cardiotherium isseli, Procardiatherium matercula, Procardiatherium octolaminatus, Procardiatherium chasicoense, Procardiatherium septemlaminatus, Procardiatherium rosendoi, Kiyutherium rosendoi, Kiyutherium orientalis, Kiyutherium denticulatum, Plexochoerus puelchensis, Plexochoerus paranensis, Plexochoerus adluis, Anchimys leidyi, Cardiodon marshii, Eucardiodon affinis
Type specimen: INGEO-PV 87, a skull (skull with associated mandible, and some fragmentary postcranial remains of the same individual). Its type locality is Right side of the Candelaria Creek, which is in a Huayquerian wet floodplain siltstone in the Las Floras Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: amphibious grazer
Distribution: found only at Right side of the Candelaria Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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