Eosteiromys Ameghino 1902 (caviomorph)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Première contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique des couches à Colpodon [First contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Colopdon Beds]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:71-141

Parent taxon: Erethizontoidea according to M. Arnal and M. G. Vucetich 2015

See also Ameghino 1902, Kramarz et al. 2010, McKenna and Bell 1997, Patterson 1958 and Vucetich et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Erethizontidae, Kichkasteiromys, Nuyuyomys, Plesiosteiromys, Shapajamys, Steiromys

Subtaxa: Eosteiromys annectens Eosteiromys homogenidens Eosteiromys segregatus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (15 collections), Chile (1)

Total: 16 collections including 23 occurrences

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