Mammalia - Rodentia - Allomyidae
Alternative combination: Allomys harkseni
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 Alwoodia according to W. W. Korth 1992
See also Macdonald 1963
Sister taxon: Alwoodia magna
Type specimen: SDSM 59155, a tooth (isolated M1 or M2). Its type locality is Monroe Creek (SDSM V-592), which is in a Monroecreekian terrestrial horizon in the Monroe Creek Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (2: Nebraska collections)
• Oligocene of United States (4: South Dakota)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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