Mammalia - Rodentia - Heliscomyidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 2007. Mammals from the Blue Ash Local Fauna (Late Oligocene), South Dakota. Rodentia, Part 1: Families Eutypomyidae, Eomyidae, Heliscomyidae, and Zetamys. Paludicola 8(2):31-40
Belongs to Heliscomys according to W. W. Korth et al. 2019
See also Korth 2007
Sister taxa: Heliscomys (Heliscomys), Heliscomys (Syphyriomys), Heliscomys borealis, Heliscomys hatcheri, Heliscomys macdonaldi, Heliscomys senex, Heliscomys vetus, Heliscomys walshi
Type specimen: CM 76298, a maxilla (maxilla with left P4-M2). Its type locality is Blue Ash Local Fauna, which is in a Whitneyan terrestrial horizon in South Dakota.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Blue Ash Local Fauna
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