†Matyoscor perditus Ameghino 1902 (caviomorph)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Myocastoridae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Notas sobre algunos mamíferos fósiles nuevos ó poco conocidos del Valle de Tarija. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 3(1):225-261
Belongs to Matyoscor according to F. Ameghino 1902
See also Frailey et al. 1980 and Kerber et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tarija, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial horizon in the Tarija Formation of Bolivia
Ecology: amphibious herbivore
Distribution: found only at Tarija
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