Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1885. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles Oligocenos recogidos por el Profesor Pedro Scalabrini y pertenecientes al Museo Provincial de la ciudad del Parana [New remains of Oligocene fossil mammals collected by Professor Pedro Scalabrini and belonging to the Provincial Museum of the city of Parana]. Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 8:1-205

Parent taxon: Erethizontidae according to M. G. Vucetich and A. M. Candela 2001

See also Ameghino 1885, Ameghino 1889 and Candela 2005

Sister taxa: Branisamyopsis, Cholamys, Coendou, Eopululo, Erethizon, Erethizontinae, Hyposteiromys, Hypsosteiromys, Microsteiromys, Palaeosteiromys, Parasteiromys, Protosteiromys

Subtaxa: Paradoxomys cancrivorus Paradoxomys patagonicus

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Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm. ( of Argentina)

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