†Paradelphomys fissus Patterson and Pascual 1968 (spiny rat)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae
Full reference: B. Patterson and R. Pascual. 1968. New echimyid rodents from the Oligocene of Patagonia, and a synopsis of the family. Breviora 301:1-14
Belongs to Paradelphomys according to B. Patterson and R. Pascual 1968
See also Vucetich et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MLP 125, a mandible (fragment of right mandible with dp4-m1). Its type locality is Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake Colhué Huapí, which is in a Colhuehuapian terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake Colhué Huapí
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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