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Eocardia

Eocardia
Temporal range: Early-Middle Miocene (Santacrucian)
~17.5–16.3 Ma
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Skeletal restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Eocardiidae
Genus: Eocardia
Ameghino, 1887

Eocardia is an extinct genus of rodent from the Early to Middle Miocene of Argentina (Santa Cruz Formation) and Chile, South America. The 30 centimetres (12 in) long creature was related to guinea pigs and the capybara.


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