Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Alternative combination: Viscaccia pretrichodactyla
Synonyms: Viscaccia angulata Rovereto 1914, Viscaccia insolita Rovereto 1914
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 Lagostomus according to Marshall and Patterson 1981
See also Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis), Lagostomus antiquus, Lagostomus compressidens, Lagostomus euplasius, Lagostomus laminosus, Lagostomus maximus, Lagostomus telenkechanum, Lagostomus trichodactylus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Huayquerian of Argentina (12 collections)
• Miocene of Argentina (2)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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