Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth and C. Branciforte. 2007. Geomyoid rodents (Mammalia) from the Ridgeview local fauna, early-Early Arikareean (Late Oligocene) of western Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 76(3):177-201
Belongs to Proharrymys according to W. W. Korth and C. Branciforte 2007
See also Korth 2014
Sister taxa: Proharrymys fedti, Proharrymys schlaikjeri
Type specimen: UNSM 130217, a mandible. Its type locality is Ridgeview, which is in a Geringian coarse channel fill conglomerate in Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Nebraska, South Dakota collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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