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Mesoprocta
Temporal range: Middle Miocene PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dasyproctidae
Genus: Mesoprocta
Croft et al., 2011
Species: M. hypsodus
Binomial name
Mesoprocta hypsodus
Croft et al., 2011

Mesoprocta is an extinct genus of dasyproctid rodent that inhabited Bolivia during the Middle Miocene and that is known from a single species, M. hypsodus.

References

  1. Croft, Darin A.; Chick, Jennifer M. H.; Anaya, Federico (5 July 2011). "New Middle Miocene Caviomorph Rodents from Quebrada Honda, Bolivia". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 18 (4): 245–268. doi:10.1007/s10914-011-9164-z. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 15 December 2024 – via Springer Nature Link.


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