†Cholamys tetralophodonta Pérez et al. 2018 (porcupine)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Full reference: M. A. Pérez, M. Arnal, M. Boivin, M. G. Vucetich, A. Candela, F. Busker, and B. Mamani Quispe. 2018. New caviomorph rodents from the late Oligocene of Salla, Bolivia: taxonomic, chronological, and biogeographic implications for the Deseadan faunas of South America. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
Belongs to Cholamys according to M. A. Pérez et al. 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UF 114863, a mandible. Its type locality is Salla (Upper white zone, unit 6), which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Salla Beds Formation of Bolivia.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution: found only at Salla (Upper white zone, unit 6)
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