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Steiromys Ameghino 1887

Description

Steiromys Ameghino, 1887a

TYPE SPECIES: Steiromys detentus Ameghino, 1887a.

INCLUDED SPECIES: The type species, St. duplicatus Ameghino, 1887a, and St. principalis Ameghino, 1899.

AGE AND DISTRIBUTION: Galera Formation, Santacrucian SALMA, Aysén Region, Chile; Pinturas Formation, Santacrucian (“Pinturan”) SALMA, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina; Santa Cruz Formation, Santacrucian SALMA, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.

Notes

Published as part of McGrath, Andrew J., Chick, Jennifer, Croft, Darin A., Dodson, Holly E., Flynn, John J. & Wyss, André R., 2022, Cavioids, Chinchilloids, and Erethizontoids (Hystricognathi, Rodentia, Mammalia) of the Early Miocene Pampa Castillo Fauna, Chile, pp. 1-48 in American Museum Novitates 2022 (3984) on page 28, DOI: 10.1206/3984.1, http://zenodo.org/record/20515116

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
SALMA , SPECIES
Scientific name authorship
Ameghino
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Erethizontidae
Genus
Steiromys
Taxon rank
genus
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Steiromys Ameghino, 1887 sec. McGrath, Chick, Croft, Dodson, Flynn & Wyss, 2022

References

  • Ameghino, F. 1887 a. Observaciones generales sobre el orden de mamiferos extinguidos sudamericanos llamados toxodontes (Toxodontia) y sinopsis de los generos y especies hasta ahora conocidos. Anales del Museo de La Plata Entrega es: 1-66.
  • Ameghino, F. 1899. Sinopsis Geologico-Paleontologica. Suplemento (Adiciones y Corecciones). Segundo Censo de la Republica Argentina: 1-13.