Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Full reference: L. B. Albright. 1996. Insectivores, rodents, and carnivores of the Toledo Bend Local Fauna: an Arikareean (earliest Miocene) assemblage from the Texas Coastal Plain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3):458-473
Belongs to Proheteromys according to L. B. Albright 1996
Sister taxa: Proheteromys bumpi, Proheteromys cejanus, Proheteromys floridanus, Proheteromys gremmelsi, Proheteromys ironcloudi, Proheteromys latidens, Proheteromys matthewi, Proheteromys maximus, Proheteromys parvus, Proheteromys sulculus, Proheteromys thorpei, Proheteromys toledoensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Toledo Bend, which is in an Aquitanian coarse channel fill conglomerate in the Fleming Formation of Texas
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution: found only at Toledo Bend
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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