Eocardia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| 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 () and Chile, South America. The 30 centimetres (12 in) long creature was related to guinea pigs and the capybara.[1]
References[]
- ^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 285. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
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Categories:
- Hystricognath rodents
- Prehistoric rodent genera
- Miocene rodents
- Miocene first appearances
- Miocene genus extinctions
- Miocene mammals of South America
- Santacrucian
- Neogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Neogene Chile
- Fossils of Chile
- Fossil taxa described in 1887
- Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino
- Prehistoric rodent stubs