Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Alternative combination: Pliosaccomys wilsoni

Full reference: G. T. James. 1963. Paleontology and nonmarine stratigraphy of the Cuyama Valley badlands, California; Part 1, Geology, faunal interpretations, and systematic descriptions of Chiroptera, Insectivora, and Rodentia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 45:1-154

Belongs to Mojavemys according to W. W. Korth and D. S. Chaney 1999

See also James 1963

Sister taxa: Mojavemys alexandrae, Mojavemys galushai, Mojavemys lophatus, Mojavemys magnumarcus, Mojavemys mascallensis

Ecology: fossorial browser

Distribution: found only at Nettle Spring Canyon 1 (Miocene of California)

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