†subfamily Eocardiinae Wood and Patterson 1959 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Eocardiidae

Full reference: A. E. Wood and B. Patterson. 1959. The rodents of the Deseadan Oligocene of Patagonia and the beginnings of South American rodent evolution. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120:279-428

Parent taxon: Eocardiidae according to A. E. Wood and B. Patterson 1959

Sister taxa: Dicardia, Eoprocardia, Hedimys, Luantinae, Matiamys, Megastus, Phanomys, Tricardia

Subtaxa: Schistomys

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (3 collections), Chile (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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