Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Full reference: D. A. Croft, J. J. Flynn, A. R. Wyss, R. Charrier, and F. Anaya. 2021. New Chinchillid Rodents (Hystricognathi: Caviomorpha) from Northern Chile and Bolivia Fill a 17‐Million‐Year Gap in the Pan‐Chinchilline Fossil Record. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 28:1205-1236
Belongs to Miochinchilla according to D. A. Croft et al. 2021
Sister taxon: Miochinchilla plurinacionalis
Type specimen: SGOPV 4118, a partial skull (partial cranium preserving full maxillary dentition, disarticulated mandible in two pieces preserving full dentition except R incisor and Lm3, and associated bo). Its type locality is Chucal, which is in a Santacrucian floodplain sandstone in the Chucal Formation of Chile.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Chucal
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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