Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Alternative combination: Geomys anzensis
Full reference: J. J. Becker and J. A. White. 1981. Late Cenozoic geomyids (Mammalia: Rodentia) from the Anza-Borrego Desert, southern California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(2):211-218
Belongs to Nerterogeomys according to W. W. Korth 1995
See also Becker and White 1981, Czaplewski 1990 and Tomida 1987
Sister taxa: Nerterogeomys garbanii, Nerterogeomys minor, Nerterogeomys paenebursarius, Nerterogeomys persimilis, Nerterogeomys smithi
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (6: California collections)
• Blancan of United States (16: California)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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