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Proheteromys gremmelsi

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Taxonomy
Proheteromys gremmelsi was named by Macdonald (1963). Its type specimen is SDSM 5574, a mandible (left ramus, with i-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sharps (SDSM V-5362), which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Proheteromys gremmelsi Macdonald p. 184 fig. 15

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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
familyHeteromyidaeGray 1868
genusProheteromys
speciesgremmelsi

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.

†Proheteromys gremmelsi Macdonald 1963
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. R. Macdonald 1963Large p4, with small, isolated, anterior, central, cingular cuspule.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:09:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991

Age range: Geringian or 29.50000 to 24.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Geringian29.5 - 24.7USA (South Dakota) Proheteromys bumpi (17635) Proheteromys gremmelsi (type locality: 17638 17643)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) Proheteromys bumpi (17516)