Eucelophorus zaratei Reig and Quintana 1992 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenomyidae

Full reference: O. A. Reig and C. A. Quintana. 1992. Fossil ctenomyine rodents of the genus Eucelophorus (Caviomorpha: Octodontidae) from the Pliocene and early Pleistocene of Argentina. Ameghiniana 29(4):363-380

Belongs to Eucelophorus according to O. A. Reig and C. A. Quintana 1992

Sister taxon: Eucelophorus chapalmalensis

Type specimen: MMP 2012-M

Ecology: fossorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Atlantic coastal cliffs of Partido General Pueyrredon & General Alvarado (Pliocene of Argentina)

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