Subfamily Lagostominae Wiegmann 1832 (chinchilid)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae

Parent taxon: Chinchillidae according to L. L. Rasia and A. M. Candela 2019

See also Croft et al. 2016 and Rasia and Candela 2017

Sister taxa: Chinchilla, Eoviscaccia, Incamys, Lagidium, Miochinchilla, Pliolagostomus, Prolagostomus, Scotamys, Sphodromys

Subtaxa: Lagostomus

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Type: Lagostomus

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), Bolivia (3), Chile (2)

Total: 94 collections including 113 occurrences

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