†Hypsosteiromys Patterson 1958 (porcupine)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Full reference: B. Patterson. 1958. A new genus of erethizontid rodents from the Colhuehuapian of Patagonia. Breviora 92:1-4
Parent taxon: Erethizontidae according to M. G. Vucetich et al. 2010
See also Candela and Vucetich 2002, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Patterson 1958
Sister taxa: Branisamyopsis, Cholamys, Coendou, Eopululo, Erethizon, Erethizontinae, Hyposteiromys, Microsteiromys, Palaeosteiromys, Paradoxomys, Parasteiromys, Protosteiromys
Subtaxa: Hypsosteiromys axiculus Hypsosteiromys nectus
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 5 occurrences
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