Disteiromys Ameghino 1904 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Coendidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142

Parent taxon: Coendidae according to C. Rovereto 1914

See also Ameghino 1904 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Neosteiromys, Steiromyinae

Subtaxa: Disteiromys graciloides

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Laguna Blanca (Chubut) (Miocene of Argentina)

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