''Australoprocta'' is an extinct

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of dasyproctid

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...

that lived during the Early Miocene of what is now

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. Fossils of this genus have been found in the

Chichinales Chichinales is a village and municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an a ...

and

Sarmiento Formation The Sarmiento Formation (Spanish: ''Formación Sarmiento''), in older literature described as the Casamayor Formation, is a geological formation in Chubut Province, Argentina, in central Patagonia, which spans around 30 million years from the mid- ...

s of Argentina.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q114342437 Dasyproctidae Hystricognath rodents Prehistoric rodent genera Miocene rodents Miocene first appearances Miocene genus extinctions Miocene mammals of South America Colhuehuapian Neogene Argentina Fossils of Argentina Fossil taxa described in 1998 Chichinales Formation Golfo San Jorge Basin Sarmiento Formation