Ullumys pattoni Olivares et al. 2017 (spiny rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae

Full reference: A. I. Olivares, D. H. Verzi, V. H. Contreras and L. Pessôa. 2017. A new Echimyidae (Rodentia, Hystricomorpha) from the late Miocene of southern South America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(1):e1239204

Belongs to Ullumys according to A. I. Olivares et al. 2017

Sister taxon: Ullumys intermedius

Type specimen: PVSJ 24, a partial skull. Its type locality is Quebrada Ullum, which is in a Chasicoan terrestrial horizon in the Loma de Las Tapias Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Quebrada Ullum

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