Steiromys
Extinct genus of caviomorph rodent
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Steiromys is an extinct genus of caviomorph rodent that lived in South America during the Miocene epoch.[1]
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
Taxonomy
Palaeobiology
Locomotion
The foot morphology of Steiromys suggests it may have been scansorial.[3]