Texomys Slaughter 1981 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Full reference: B. H. Slaughter. 1981. A New Genus of Geomyoid Rodent from the Miocene of Texas and Panama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(1):111-115

Parent taxon: Protrogomorpha according to B. H. Slaughter 1981

See also McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Akmaiomys, Floresomys, Ischyromyoidea, Jimomys, Laredomyidae, Marfilomys, Meliakrouniomys, Protoptychidae, Pseudoparamys, Sciuravidae

Subtaxa: Texomys ritchiei Texomys stewarti

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Type: Texomys ritchiei

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Panama (2 collections), United States (10: Florida, Louisiana, Texas)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Florida)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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