Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Etymology: In reference to its small size and general resemblance to Santacrucian genuns Steiromys Ameghino1887
Full reference: A. H. Walton. 1990. Rodents of the La Venta Fauna, Miocene, Colombia: Biostratigraphy and Paleoenvironmentl implications. Southern Methodist University 1-147
Parent taxon: Erethizontidae according to A. H. Walton 1990
Sister taxa: Branisamyopsis, Cholamys, Coendou, Eopululo, Erethizon, Erethizontinae, Hyposteiromys, Hypsosteiromys, Palaeosteiromys, Paradoxomys, Parasteiromys, Protosteiromys
Subtaxa: Microsteiromys jacobsi
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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