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Proharrymys fedti

Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Taxonomy
Proheteromys fedti was named by Macdonald (1963). Its type specimen is SDSM 56121, a mandible (right ramus with incisor and p4-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sharps (SDSM V-5354), which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota.

It was recombined as Proharrymys fedti by Korth and Branciforte (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Proheteromys fedti Macdonald p. 184 fig. 14
2007Proharrymys fedti Korth and Branciforte p. 194

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyHeteromyidaeGray 1868
subfamilyHarrymyinaeWahlert 1991
genusProharrymys
speciesfedti()

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.

†Proharrymys fedti Macdonald 1963
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. R. Macdonald 1963Relatively small p4, with in- cipient anteroconid; triangular hypoconulid · incipient labial cuspule in base of transverse valley; m1i with continuous anterior cingulum; and m1-2 with reduced hypostylid.
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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Arikareean to the top of the Geringian or 29.50000 to 26.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (South Dakota) Proheteromys fedti (type locality: 17630 17641 17651)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Nebraska) Proheteromys fedti (17494 17544 17566 17709)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Proheteromys fedti (17541 17567)