Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Full reference: L. L. Rasia and A. M. Candela. 2017. Lagostomus telenkechanum, sp. nov., a new lagostomine rodent (Caviomorpha, Chinchillidae) from the Arroyo Chasicó Formation (late Miocene; Buenos Aires Province, Argentina). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(1):e1239205
Belongs to Lagostomus according to L. L. Rasia and A. M. Candela 2017
Sister taxa: Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis), Lagostomus antiquus, Lagostomus compressidens, Lagostomus euplasius, Lagostomus laminosus, Lagostomus maximus, Lagostomus pretrichodactyla, Lagostomus trichodactylus
Type specimen: —MLP-Pv 60-VI-18-100, a maxilla (palate with right and left P4–M3). Its type locality is Arroyo Chasicó, which is in a Chasicoan floodplain sandstone in the Arroyo Chasicó Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Huayquerian of Argentina (9 collections)
• Miocene of Argentina (4)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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