Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Alternative combination: Proheteromys fedti
Full reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1963. The Miocene faunas from the Wounded Knee area of western South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 125(3):139-238
Belongs to Proharrymys according to W. W. Korth and C. Branciforte 2007
See also Macdonald 1963
Sister taxa: Proharrymys schlaikjeri, Proharrymys wahlerti
Type specimen: SDSM 56121, a mandible (right ramus with incisor and p4-m3). Its type locality is Sharps (SDSM V-5354), which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (2: Nebraska collections)
• Oligocene of United States (7: Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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