Eocardia robertoi Vucetich 1984 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Full reference: M. G. Vucetich. 1984. Los roedores de la Edad Friasense (Mioceno medio) de Patagonia. Revista del Museo de la Plata (Nuova serie) Paleontologia 50(8):47-126

Belongs to Eocardia according to M. G. Vucetich 1984

Sister taxa: Eocardia (Dicardia), Eocardia (Procardia), Eocardia (Tricardia), Eocardia montana, Eocardia petersoni, Eocardia robusta

Type specimen: MLP 80-VII-1-1, a maxilla (fragmento de paladar con P4-M3 izquierdo y M1-M3 derecho). Its type locality is right bank of river Collon cura, 15 km from Limay river confluence, which is in a Colloncuran terrestrial horizon in the Collon Cura Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at right bank of river Collon cura, 15 km from Limay river confluence

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