Steiromys
| Steiromys Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Parvorder: | Caviomorpha |
| Genus: | †Steiromys Ameghino, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| Steiromys detentus Ameghino, 1887
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| Other species | |
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Steiromys duplicatus Ameghino, 1887 Steiromys intermedius Scott, 1905 Steiromys principalis Ameghino, 1901 Steiromys pseudonectus Bordas, 1939 Steiromys segregatus Ameghino, 1902 | |
Steiromys is an extinct genus of caviomorph rodent that lived in South America during the Miocene epoch.[1]
Taxonomy
Originally, the species Eosteiromys annectens was classified as a member of the genus Steiromys. However, detailed taxonomic study has moved the species to the genus Eosteiromys.[2]
References
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- ^ Kramarz, Alejandro Gustavo (2004). "Octodontoids and erethizontoids (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the Pinturas Formation, Early - Middle Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina". Ameghiniana (in Spanish). 41 (2): 199–216. ISSN 1851-8044. Retrieved 18 December 2025 – via Ameghiniana.