Protosteiromys pattersoni Pérez et al. 2018 (porcupine)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae

Full reference: M. A. Pérez, M. Arnal, M. Boivin, M. G. Vucetich, A. Candela, F. Busker, and B. Mamani Quispe. 2018. New caviomorph rodents from the late Oligocene of Salla, Bolivia: taxonomic, chronological, and biogeographic implications for the Deseadan faunas of South America. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Belongs to Protosteiromys according to M. A. Pérez et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Protosteiromys asmodeophilus, Protosteiromys medianus

Type specimen: MNHN.F.SAL 1025, a mandible. Its type locality is Salla Beds (general), which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in Bolivia.

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Salla Beds (general)

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