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Proharrymys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Taxonomy

Proharrymys was named by Korth and Branciforte (2007).

It was assigned to Harrymyinae by Korth and Branciforte (2007); and to Heteromyidae by Korth (2014).

Species

P. fedti, P. schlaikjeri, P. wahlerti

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2007	Proharrymys Korth and Branciforte p. 194
2014	Proharrymys Korth p. 385

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes

Rank	Name	Author
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
infraorder	Castorimorpha
superfamily	Geomyoidea	Bonaparte 1845
family	Heteromyidae	Gray 1868
subfamily	Harrymyinae	Wahlert 1991
genus	Proharrymys

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. †Proharrymys Korth and Branciforte 2007

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†Proharrymys fedti Macdonald 1963

†Proharrymys schlaikjeri Black 1961

†Proharrymys wahlerti Korth and Branciforte 2007

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
W. W. Korth and C. Branciforte 2007	Small size (as in Proheteromys); molars brachydont; no lingual styles on upper molars except hypostyle on M1; posterior cingulum posterior to meta- cone on M1, variably present on P4 and M2; central val- ley of upper molars closed lingually by lingual cingu- lum; premolars smaller than molars; p4 with anteropos- terior loph from base of metaconid to base of entoconid; protostylid on p4 variable in size, equal to metaconid or much reduced; large hypoconulid on p4-m2; m1 and m2 with V-shape of hypolophid developed to varying degrees; small flange at base of mandibular symphysis.

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: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Whitneyan to the top of the Geringian or 33.30000 to 26.30000 Ma

Collections (14 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Whitneyan	33.3 - 30.8	USA (South Dakota)	P. wahlerti (170168)
Geringian	30.8 - 26.3	USA (South Dakota)	Heliscomys schlaikjeri (17659) Proheteromys fedti (17630 17641 17651)
Geringian	30.8 - 26.3	USA (Nebraska)	Kirkomys schlaikjeri, Proheteromys fedti, Proheteromys sp. (17709) Proheteromys fedti (17494 17566) Proheteromys fedti, Heliscomys schlaikjeri (17544)
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (Nebraska)	Kirkomys schlaikjeri (17708) Proheteromys fedti (17541 17567)
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (Wyoming)	Heliscomys schlaikjeri (17666)
early Early Arikareean - early Late Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (California)	P. sp. (175251)