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Heliscomys

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Heliscomyidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Heliscomys Cope
1902Heliscomys Hay p. 729
1966Heliscomys Johnson p. 80
1991Heliscomys Korth et al. p. 251
1997Heliscomys McKenna and Bell
2007Heliscomys Korth and Branciforte p. 178
2009Heliscomys Kelly p. 68
2022Heliscomys Korth et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyHeliscomyidae
genusHeliscomys

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Heliscomys Cope 1873
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†Heliscomys gregoryi Wood 1933
†Heliscomys hatcheri Wood 1935
†Heliscomys macdonaldi Korth and Branciforte 2007
†Heliscomys ostranderi Korth et al. 1991
†Heliscomys senex Wood 1935
†Heliscomys vetus Cope 1873
†Heliscomys walshi Kelly 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Duchesnean to the top of the Hemingfordian or 39.70000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (California) H. sp. (16813 17039)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0Canada (Saskatchewan) H. sp. (16845)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) H. ostranderi (16919 16979)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) H. vetus (16930 16941 17014)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (North Dakota) H. vetus (16991)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Montana) H. ostranderi (16990 17010)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) H. ostranderi (16960) H. sp. (16961 16963) H. vetus (17009)
Late/Upper Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) H. hatcheri (16981)
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan37.0 - 31.8USA (Nebraska) H. sp., H. hatcheri, H. vetus (230806)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (South Dakota) H. sp. (17198) H. vetus (17189)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Wyoming) H. hatcheri, H. vetus (17318)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Colorado) H. vetus (17081)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Nebraska) H. hatcheri (17108 17164 17165 17221) H. hatcheri, H. vetus (17242 17250)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Montana) H. gregoryi (17090) H. sp. (17138)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (South Dakota) H. sp. (17338 17371 17384)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5Canada (Saskatchewan) H. sp. (17372)
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (Nebraska) H. sp., H. vetus (17709)
early Early Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) H. sp. (167846)
early Early Arikareean - early Late Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) H. sp. (175251)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Florida) H. sp. (17860)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3Canada (Saskatchewan) H. vetus (18003)