Phelosaccomys shotwelli Korth and Reynolds 1994 (pocket gopher)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Full reference: W. W. Korth and R. E. Reynolds. 1994. A hypsodont gopher (Rodentia, Geomyidae) from the Clarendonian (Miocene) of California. San Bernardino County Museum Association Special Publication 94-1:91-95

Belongs to Phelosaccomys according to W. W. Korth and R. E. Reynolds 1994

Sister taxon: Phelosaccomys neomexicanus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Avawatz Mountains, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Avawatz Formation of California

Ecology: fossorial browser

Distribution: found only at Avawatz Mountains

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