†Protosteiromys asmodeophilus Wood and Patterson 1959 (porcupine)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Full reference: A. E. Wood and B. Patterson. 1959. The rodents of the Deseadan Oligocene of Patagonia and the beginnings of South American rodent evolution. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120:279-428
Belongs to Protosteiromys according to A. E. Wood and B. Patterson 1959
Sister taxa: Protosteiromys medianus, Protosteiromys pattersoni
Type specimen: CNHM 15061, a tooth (right m1 or m2)
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution: found only at Cabeza Blanca ( of Argentina)
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