Osteichthyes - Amblypteriformes - Coccocephalichthyidae
Alternative combination: Heliscomys (Heliscomys) vetus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Synopsis of new Vertebrata from the Tertiary of Colorado obtained during the summer of 1873. Seventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories (extract)
Belongs to Heliscomys according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022
See also Cope 1873, Hay 1902, Korth 1989, Korth 1995 and Wood 1935
Sister taxa: Heliscomys (Heliscomys), Heliscomys (Syphyriomys), Heliscomys borealis, Heliscomys hatcheri, Heliscomys macdonaldi, Heliscomys medius, Heliscomys senex, Heliscomys walshi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (4: Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of United States (5: Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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