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Palaeosteiromys
Taxonomy
Palaeosteiromys was named by Boivin et al. (2017). Its type is Palaeosteiromys amazonensis.
It was assigned to Erethizontidae by Boivin et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Erethizontidae by Boivin et al. (2017).
Species
P. amazonensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2017 | Palaeosteiromys Boivin et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Palaeosteiromys Boivin et al. 2017
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†Palaeosteiromys amazonensis Boivin et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene | Peru (Loreto) | Erethizontidae n. sp. 2 (176130) |