Biology:Caviodon
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Short description: Extinct genus of rodents
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Caviidae |
| 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 capybara. Fossils of Caviodon have been found in Argentina , Venezuela, and Brazil .[1][2]
Known species include:[1]
- †C. multiplicatus †C. andalhualensis
- Perez et al. 2018 Ameghino 1888
- Ameghino 1885 †C. pozzii
- †C. cuyano Kraglievich 1927
- †C. australis Vucetitch et al. 2011[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Caviodon at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Kerber, L. et al. (June 2016). "Tropical fossil caviomorph rodents from the southwestern Brazilian Amazonia in the context of the South American faunas: systematics, biochronology, and paleobiogeography". Journal of Mammalian Evolution 24: 57–70. doi:10.1007/s10914-016-9340-2.
- ↑ 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).
Wikidata ☰ Q5055153 entry
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