Mesoprocta

Mesoprocta; Temporal range: Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific 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

Last updated May 29, 2025

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.^[1]

References

↑ 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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[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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