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

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

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.