Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae
Full reference: A. I. Olivares and D. H. Verzi. 2015. Systematics, phylogeny and evolutionary pattern of the hystricognath rodent Eumysops (Echimyidae) from the Plio–Pleistocene of southern South America. 27(8):1042-1061
Belongs to Eumysops according to A. I. Olivares and D. H. Verzi 2015
Sister taxa: Eumysops cavioides, Eumysops chapalmalensis, Eumysops formosus, Eumysops gracilis, Eumysops laeviplicatus, Eumysops parodii, Eumysops robustus
Type specimen: MMP 482-S, a maxilla (maxillary with both DP4–M3 series and zygomatic arches partially preserved; right hemimandible). Its type locality is Baliza San Andres, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in the San Andres Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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