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Protosteiromys
Taxonomy
Protosteiromys was named by Wood and Patterson (1959).
It was assigned to Erethizontinae by Wood and Patterson (1959); and to Erethizontidae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Pérez et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Erethizontinae by Wood and Patterson (1959); and to Erethizontidae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Pérez et al. (2018).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1959 | Protosteiromys Wood and Patterson |
| 1997 | Protosteiromys McKenna and Bell |
| 2018 | Protosteiromys Pérez 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. †Protosteiromys Wood and Patterson 1959
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†Protosteiromys asmodeophilus Wood and Patterson 1959
†Protosteiromys medianus Ameghino 1903
†Protosteiromys pattersoni Pérez et al. 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Deseadan or 29.00000 to 21.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Deseadan | Argentina (Chubut) | Eosteiromys medianus, P. medianus, P. asmodeophilus (14211) | |
| Deseadan | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | P. asmeodeophilus, Eosteiromys medianus, P. medianus (50074) | |
| Deseadan | Bolivia (La Paz) | P. pattersoni (133596) |