†Matiamys elegans Vucetich 1984 (caviomorph)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Eocardiidae
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 Matiamys according to M. G. Vucetich 1984
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MACN 14.565, a partial skull (craneo casi completo con toda la dentadura pero sin las arcadas cigomaticas). Its type locality is Pilcaniyeu Viejo, which is in a Colloncuran terrestrial horizon in the Collón Cura Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Pilcaniyeu Viejo
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