Eocardiidae

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title: Eocardiidae
text: The Eocardiidae are an extinct family of caviomorph rodents from South America. The family is probably ancestral to the living family Caviidae, which includes cavies, maras, and capybaras and their relatives. McKenna and Bell (1997) divided eocardiids into two subfamilies, Luantinae for two of the oldest genera and Eocardiinae for remaining genera. Kramarz (2006) has recommended the abandonment of these subfamilies, as the genera placed in Luantinae appear to represent basal eocardiids, rather t
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description: Extinct family of rodents
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eocardiidae
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date modified: 2022-11-13T18:01:15Z
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