Heterohyus Gervais 1848 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Apatemyidae

Synonyms: Amphichiromys Stehlin 1916, Heterochiromys Stehlin 1916, Necrosorex Filhol 1890

Parent taxon: Apatemyidae according to M. T. Silcox et al. 2010

See also Crochet 1974, Hooker 1986, McKenna and Bell 1997, Russell et al. 1979, Schlosser 1877, Simpson 1940 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Apatemyinae, Apatemys, Carcinella, Eochiromys, Frugivastodon, Jepsenella, Labidolemur, Russellmyinae, Russellmys, Sinclairella, Stehlinella, Teilhardella, Unuchinia, Unuchiniinae

Subtaxa: Heterohyus (Gervaisyus) Heterohyus armatus Heterohyus ilerdensis Heterohyus morinionensis Heterohyus nanus Heterohyus pygmaeus Heterohyus quercyi Heterohyus sudrei

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Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (10 collections), Germany (1), Portugal (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (3), the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 21 collections including 31 occurrences

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