Mammalia - Rodentia - Heliscomyidae
Alternative combination: Heliscomys (Heliscomys) senex
Full reference: A. E. Wood. 1935. Evolution and relationships of the heteromyid rodents with new forms from the Tertiary of western North America. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 24:73-262
Belongs to Heliscomys according to W. W. Korth et al. 2019
See also Korth 1995, Korth et al. 1991 and Wood 1935
Sister taxa: Heliscomys (Heliscomys), Heliscomys (Syphyriomys), Heliscomys borealis, Heliscomys hatcheri, Heliscomys macdonaldi, Heliscomys medius, Heliscomys vetus, Heliscomys walshi
Type specimen: YPM PU 13459, a maxilla (left lower jaw containing p4 and m2-3)
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Slim Buttes Brule D (Oligocene of South Dakota)
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