Protozetamys Ferrusquia-Villafranca et al. 2018 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Zetamyidae

Full reference: I. Ferrusquia-Villafranca, L. J. Flynn, J. E. Ruiz-Gonzalez, J. R. Torres-Hernandez, and E. Martinez-Hernandez. 2018. New Eocene rodents from Northwestern Oaxaca, Southeastern Mexico, and their paleobiological significance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1514615

Parent taxon: Zetamyidae according to I. Ferrusquia-Villafranca et al. 2018

Sister taxon: Zetamys

Subtaxa: Protozetamys mixtecus

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Type: Protozetamys mixtecus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at 1.94km ENE of Santiago Yolomécatl (Eocene of Mexico)

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