†Protosteiromys Wood and Patterson 1959 (porcupine)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae

Full reference: A. E. Wood and B. Patterson. 1959. The rodents of the Deseadan Oligocene of Patagonia and the beginnings of South American rodent evolution. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120:279-428

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

See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wood and Patterson 1959

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

Subtaxa: Protosteiromys asmodeophilus Protosteiromys medianus Protosteiromys pattersoni

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Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Deseadan of Argentina (2 collections), Bolivia (1)

Total: 3 collections including 7 occurrences

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