Paradoxomys cancrivorus Ameghino 1885 (porcupine)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1885. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles Oligocenos recogidos por el Profesor Pedro Scalabrini y pertenecientes al Museo Provincial de la ciudad del Parana [New remains of Oligocene fossil mammals collected by Professor Pedro Scalabrini and belonging to the Provincial Museum of the city of Parana]. Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 8:1-205

Belongs to Paradoxomys according to M. G. Vucetich and A. M. Candela 2001

See also Ameghino 1885 and Candela 2005

Sister taxon: Paradoxomys patagonicus

Type specimen: MACN A-1452, a mandible (right mandibular fragment (cast))

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm. ( of Argentina)

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