Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1996. A New Species of Pleurolocus (Rodentia, Geomyidae) from the Early Miocene (Arikareean) of Nebraska. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(4):781-784
Belongs to Pleurolicus according to W. W. Korth 1996
Sister taxa: Pleurolicus compressus, Pleurolicus dakotensis, Pleurolicus hemingfordensis, Pleurolicus mensae, Pleurolicus sellardsi, Pleurolicus sulcifrons
Type specimen: F:AM 126857, a mandible (right mandible with p4-m3). Its type locality is Hay Springs Creek (Upper Harrison), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.