Mammalia - Rodentia - Octodontidae
Full reference: R. Pascual, J. Pisano, and E. J. Ortega. 1965. Un nuevo Octodontidae (Rodentia, Caviomorpha) de la formacion Epecuen (Plioceno medio) de Hidalgo (Provincia de la Pampa). Consideraciones sobre los Ctenomyinae Reig, 1958, y la morfologia de sus molariformes. Ameghiniana 4(1):19-30
Belongs to Phtoramys according to R. Pascual et al. 1965
Sister taxa: Phtoramys homogenidens, Phtoramys pulcher
Type specimen: MLP 57-X-l0-94, a mandible (Porción de cuerpo rnandibular de- recho con la rama ascendente rota y con P4- m3). Its type locality is Salinas Grandes de Hidalgo, which is in a Huayquerian fluvial siltstone in the Epecuén Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Huayquerian of Argentina (5 collections)
• Miocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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