Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae

Full reference: M. Boivin, L. Marivaux, A. M. Candela, M. J. Orliac, F. Pujos, R. Salas-Gismondi, J. V. Tejada-Lara and P.-O. Antoine. 2017. Late Oligocene caviomorph rodents from Contamana, Peruvian Amazonia. Papers in Palaeontology 3(1):69-109

Parent taxon: Erethizontidae according to M. Boivin et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Branisamyopsis, Cholamys, Coendou, Eopululo, Erethizon, Erethizontinae, Hyposteiromys, Hypsosteiromys, Microsteiromys, Paradoxomys, Parasteiromys, Protosteiromys

Subtaxa: Palaeosteiromys amazonensis

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Type: Palaeosteiromys amazonensis

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at CTA-32 (Oligocene of Peru)

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