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

Parent taxon: Erethizontidae according to M. A. Pérez et al. 2018

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

Subtaxa: Cholamys tetralophodonta

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Type: Cholamys tetralophodonta

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Salla (Upper white zone, unit 6) ( of Bolivia)

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