Mammalia - Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae

Full reference: G. Burmeister. 1885. Examen critico de los mamiferos y reptiles fosiles denominados por D. Augusto Bravard y mencionados en su obra precedente. Annales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 3:93-174

Parent taxon: Hydrochoeridae according to J. L. Prado et al. 1998

See also Vucetich et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Anatochoerinae, Anatochoerus, Cantracavia, Cardiatheriinae, Cardiatherium, Phugatherium, Protohydrochoerinae

Subtaxa: Contracavia minuta

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Ecology: amphibious grazer

Distribution: found only at Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm. ( of Argentina)

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