TABLE 1. List of the genera and species included in the Family Argyrolagidae and their temporal and geographic distribution. Abbreviations: AR, Argentina; BO, Bolivia.
Species | Temporal distribution | Geographic distribution | References |
Proargyrolagus bolivianus Wolf, 1984 | Late Oligocene (Deseadan) | Salla-Luribay Basin (BO) | Wolf (1984); Sánchez-Villagra and Kay (1997) |
Proargyrolagus argentinus Goin and Abello, 2013 | Early Miocene (Colhuehuapian) | Puesto Almendra, Chubut (AR) | Goin and Abello (2013) |
Anargyrolagus primus Carlini et al., 2007 | Early Miocene (Colhuehuapian) | Lower Chubut River valley, Chubut (AR) | Carlini et al. (2007); Goin and Abello (2013) |
Hondalagus altiplanensis Villarroel and Marshall, 1988 | Middle Miocene (Laventan) | Quebrada Honda (BO) | Villarroel and Marshall (1988); Sánchez-Villagra et al. (2000) |
Microtragulus argentinus Ameghino, 1904 | ?Early Pliocene (Montehermosan) | Monte Hermoso, Buenos Aires (AR) | Ameghino (1904); Simpson (1970a); Tomassini et al. (2013) |
M. catamarcensis (Kraglievich, 1931) | ?Early Miocene - Early Pliocene | 25 de Mayo, Mendoza (AR)
?Andalhuala, Catamarca (AR) |
Kraglievich (1931); Simpson (1970a); Garrido et al. (2014); García-López and Babot (2015) |
Microtragulus sp. | ?Late Miocene | North of Tucumán (AR) | García-López and Babot (2015) |
M. reigi Simpson, 1970a | Middle Pliocene - Early Pleistocene; Chapadmalan - Marplatan | Punta San Andrés, Buenos Aires (AR) | Simpson (1970a); Cione and Tonni (2005) |
M. bolivianus Hoffstetter and Villarroel, 1974 | ?Early Pliocene - Early Pleistocene
Montehermosan - Marplatan |
Vizcachani (BO)
San Roque, Jujuy (AR) |
Hoffstetter and Villarroel (1974); Ortiz et al. (2012) |
Argyrolagus palmeri Ameghino, 1904 | Early Pliocene; Montehermosan | Monte Hermoso, Buenos Aires (AR) | Ameghino (1904); Tomassini et al. (2013) |
A. scagliai Simpson, 1970a | Middle Pliocene; Chapadmalalan | Miramar, Buenos Aires (AR) | Simpson (1970a) |
A. parodii Rusconii, 1933 | Middle Pliocene; Chapadmalalan | Chapadmalal, Buenos Aires (AR) | Rusconi (1933); Simpson (1970a, b) |
A. rusconii (Goin, Montalvo, and Visconti, 2000) | Late Miocene | Bajo Giuliani, La Pampa (AR) | Goin et al. (2000); García-López and Babot (2015) |
Argyrolagus sp. | ?Late Miocene | Caleufú, La Pampa (AR) | Abello et al. (2002) |
TABLE 2. Measurements of the lower dentition of Microtragulus bolivianus (in mm). * Measures taken from Hoffstetter and Villarroel (1974).
i1 | i2 | m1 | m2 | m3 | m4 | m1-m4 | i1-m4 | |||||||
L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | |
Holotype* | 1.3 | .6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | - | 10.3 |
JUY-P-0066 | 1.35 | 0.59 | - | - | 1.50 | 1.14 | 1.53 | 1.49 | 1.44 | 1.34 | 1.14 | 1.08 | 5.77 | 11.01 |
JUY-P-0067 | 1.66 | 0.70 | 0.92 | 0.63 | 1.68 | 1.27 | 1.88 | 1.61 | 1.68 | 1.47 | 1.49 | 1.19 | 6.44 | 12.50 |