Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Parent taxon: Lagostominae according to L. L. Rasia and A. M. Candela 2017
See also Bennett 1833 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis) Lagostomus antiquus Lagostomus compressidens Lagostomus euplasius Lagostomus laminosus Lagostomus maximus Lagostomus pretrichodactyla Lagostomus telenkechanum Lagostomus trichodactylus
Type: Lagostomus trichodactylus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (24 collections), Bolivia (2), Brazil (1), Uruguay (2)
• Pliocene of Argentina (27)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (25), Bolivia (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (7)
Total: 89 collections including 106 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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