Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Full reference: A. M. Candela. 1999. The evolution of the molar pattern of the Erethizontidae (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) and the validity of Parasteiromys Ameghino, 1904. Palaeovertebrata 28(1):53-73
Belongs to Parasteiromys according to A. M. Candela 1999
See also Vucetich et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Parasteiromys uniformis
Type specimen: MPEF 5501, a tooth (isolated upper right molariform). Its type locality is Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake Colhué Huapí, which is in a Colhuehuapian terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution: found only at Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake Colhué Huapí
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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