Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Full reference: E. H. Lindsay. 1972. Small mammal fossils from the Barstow Formation, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 93:1-104
Parent taxon: Geomyidae according to E. H. Lindsay 1972
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Cratogeomys, Geomyinae, Geomys, Microdipodops, Nerterogeomys, Orthogeomys, Pappogeomys, Phelosaccomys, Pleurolicus, Pliogeomys, Pliosaccomys, Progeomys, Reynoldsomys, Tenudomys, Thomomys, Zygogeomys
Subtaxa: Mojavemys alexandrae Mojavemys galushai Mojavemys lophatus Mojavemys magnumarcus Mojavemys mascallensis Mojavemys wilsoni
Type: Mojavemys alexandrae
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (27: California, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming collections)
Total: 27 collections including 29 occurrences
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