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Caviodon
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Late Pliocene (Montehermosan-Chapadmalalan)
~6.8–3.0 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Hydrochoeridae
Subfamily:
Cardiomyinae
Genus:
Caviodon

Ameghino, 1885

Caviodon is an extinct genus of Late Miocene to Late Pliocene (Chapadmalalan to Montehermosan in the SALMA classification) rodents, related to the modern guinea pig. Fossils of Caviodon have been found in the Ituzaingó, Monte Hermoso and Río Quinto Formations of Argentina, and the San Gregorio Formation of Venezuela.[1]

Description

A new species, C. cuyano, was described from the Late Miocene to Late Pliocene (Chapadmalalan to Montehermosan) of Argentina by María Guiomar Vucetich, Cecilia M. Deschamps, Cecilia C. Morgan and Analía M. Forasiepi in 2011.[2]

References

  1. ^ Caviodon at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ 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. doi:10.5710/AMGH.v48i4(459).


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