Eocardia

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Eocardia
Fossil range: Early to Middle Miocene
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Parvorder: Caviomorpha
Family: Eocardiidae
Genus: Eocardia
Ameghino, 1887

Eocardia is an extinct genus of rodent from South America.

The 30 cm (1 ft) long creature was related to guinea pigs and the capybara. It probably resembled a modern marmot.

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