Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Alternative combination: Dolichotis prisca
Full reference: C. Rovereto. 1914. Los Estratos Araucanos y sus fósiles. Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Buenos Aire 25:1-247
Belongs to Prodolichotis according to C. Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Prodolichotis guerreroi, Prodolichotis pridiana
Subtaxa: Dolichotis prisca mendocina
Type specimen: MACN-Pv 8348, a skull (relatively complete skull; it lacks the anterior most part of the rostrum, the left zygomatic arch and a fragment of right maxilla with the complete dental seri)
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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