Lagostomus pretrichodactyla Rovereto 1914 (viscacha)

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

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.