| Eopululo | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Erethizontidae |
| Genus: | †
Eopululo Frailey & Campbell 2004 |
| Species: | †E. wigmorei
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| Binomial name | |
| †Eopululo wigmorei Frailey & Campbell 2004
| |
Eopululo is the oldest known genus of New World porcupines (Erethizontidae). It is known only from the possibly late Late Eocene to Early Oligocene ( Divisaderan to Deseadan in the SALMA classification) of the Yahuarango Formation at the Santa Rosa local fauna site of Ucayali Department, eastern Peru. [1] There is only one species in the genus, Eopululo wigmorei. It was described in 2004, [2] and it is a member of one of the oldest rodent faunas known from South America. [3]
References
- ^ Eopululo at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Frailey, C.D., and Campbell, K.E. 2004. Paleogene Rodents from Amazonian Peru: The Santa Rosa Local Fauna. In The Paleogene Mammalian Fauna of Santa Rosa, Amazonian Peru. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series, 40: 71-130.
- ^ "The Paleogene Mammalian Fauna of Santa Rosa, Amazonian Peru" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-20. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
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| Eopululo | |
|---|---|
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Erethizontidae |
| Genus: | †
Eopululo Frailey & Campbell 2004 |
| Species: | †E. wigmorei
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Eopululo wigmorei Frailey & Campbell 2004
| |
Eopululo is the oldest known genus of New World porcupines (Erethizontidae). It is known only from the possibly late Late Eocene to Early Oligocene ( Divisaderan to Deseadan in the SALMA classification) of the Yahuarango Formation at the Santa Rosa local fauna site of Ucayali Department, eastern Peru. [1] There is only one species in the genus, Eopululo wigmorei. It was described in 2004, [2] and it is a member of one of the oldest rodent faunas known from South America. [3]
References
- ^ Eopululo at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Frailey, C.D., and Campbell, K.E. 2004. Paleogene Rodents from Amazonian Peru: The Santa Rosa Local Fauna. In The Paleogene Mammalian Fauna of Santa Rosa, Amazonian Peru. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series, 40: 71-130.
- ^ "The Paleogene Mammalian Fauna of Santa Rosa, Amazonian Peru" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-20. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
|
| This article about a rodent is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |