Source Data | |
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Erethizontidae : Protosteiromys : Protosteiromys asmodeophilus |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Erethizontidae : Protosteiromys : Protosteiromys asmodeophilus |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Protosteiromys |
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Scientific Name | Protosteiromys asmodeophilus Wood & Patterson, 1959 |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Protosteiromys asmodeophilus | species | belongs to Protosteiromys | stated with evidence | Wood and Patterson, 1959 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 29.0 - 21.0 Ma Cenozoic |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 29.0 - 21.0 Ma Cenozoic |
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Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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Diet | herbivore (based on Erethizontidae) |
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Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. E. Wood and B. Patterson. 1959. The rodents of the Deseadan Oligocene of Patagonia and the beginnings of South American rodent evolution. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120:279-428 |
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