Eocardia
| Eocardia Temporal range: Early Miocene–Middle Miocene | |
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| Skeletal restoration | |
| 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 centimetres (12 in) long creature was related to guinea pigs and the capybara.[1]