Phelosaccomys neomexicanus Korth and Chaney 1999 (pocket gopher)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Full reference: W. W. Korth and D. S. Chaney. 1999. A New Subfamily of Geomyoid Rodents (Mammalia) and a Possible Origin of Geomyidae. Journal of Paleontology 73(6):1191-1200

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

Sister taxon: Phelosaccomys shotwelli

Ecology: fossorial browser

Distribution: found only at Santa Cruz (Miocene of New Mexico)

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