†Theridomysops parvulus Rovereto 1914 (spiny rat)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae
Alternative combinations: Carterodon parvulus, Eumysops parvulus
Full reference: C. Rovereto. 1914. Los Estratos Araucanos y sus fósiles. Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Buenos Aire 25:1-247
Belongs to Theridomysops according to N. L. Nasif 1998
See also Rovereto 1914 and Vucetich 1995
Sister taxon: Tribodon clemens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Andalhuala, which is in a Messinian/Zanclean terrestrial horizon in the Andalhuala Formation of Argentina
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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