Prothomomys warrenensis May et al. 2011 (pocket gopher)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Full reference: S. R. May, M. O. Woodburne, E. H. Lindsay, L. B. Albright, III, A. Sarna-Wojcicki, E. Wan, and E. B. Wahl. 2011. Geology and mammalian paleontology of the Horned Toad Hills, Mojave Desert, California, USA. Palaeontologia Electronica 13(3):28A

Belongs to Prothomomys according to S. R. May et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 320186, a tooth. Its type locality is Warren, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Horned Toad Formation of California.

Ecology: fossorial browser

Distribution: found only at Warren

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