Caviodon
| Caviodon Temporal range: Late Miocene–Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Hydrochoeridae |
| Subfamily: | Cardiomyinae |
| Genus: | Caviodon Ameghino, 1885 |
Caviodon is an extinct genus of rodents. A new species, C. cuyano, was described from the Late Miocene – Pliocene of Argentina by María Guiomar Vucetich, Cecilia M. Deschamps, Cecilia C. Morgan and Analía M. Forasiepi in 2011.[1]
References
- ↑ María Guiomar Vucetich, Cecilia M. Deschamps, Cecilia C. Morgan & Analía M. Forasiepi (2011). "A new species of Cardiomyinae (Rodentia, Hydrochoeridae) from western Argentina. Its age and considerations on ontogeny and diversity of the subfamily". Ameghiniana 48 (4): 556–567.
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