Mammalia - Rodentia - Octodontidae

Full reference: D. H. Verzi, A. I. Olivares, N. A. De Santi, C. C. Morgan, J. M. López and H. Chiavazza. 2024. A new extinct desert rodent from the Holocene of South America and its bearing on the diversity of Octodontidae (Hystricognathi). Journal of Mammalogy 105(1):59-72

Belongs to Octomys according to D. H. Verzi et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: VQ-G1 1800, a mandible (right mandible lacking angular apophysis and tip of coronoid process, with incisor and m1–2). Its type locality is Vaquería Gruta 1, which is in a Holocene terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

Ecology: semifossorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Vaquería Gruta 1

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.