Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Full reference: A. M. Candela, M. A. Abello, M. A. Reguero, C. M. García Esponda, U. F. J. Pardiñas, A. A. Zurita, F. Pujos, A. Miño-Boilini, S. Quiñones, C. I. Galli, C. Luna, D. Voglino, M. De Los Reyes and P. Cuaranta. 2023. The Late Miocene mammals from the Humahuaca Basin (northwestern Argentina) provide new evidence on the initial stages of the Great American Biotic Interchange. Papers in Palaeontology 9(5):e1527
Belongs to Palaeocavia according to A. M. Candela et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Palaeocavia avita, Palaeocavia brocherense, Palaeocavia chapalmalense, Palaeocavia impar, Palaeocavia mawka, Palaeocavia minuta, Palaeocavia pampaea
Type specimen: JUY-P-0351, a mandible. Its type locality is Maimará (lower section), which is in a Messinian fluvial sandstone in the Maimará Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Maimará (lower section)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.