Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Parent taxon: Geomyidae according to T. S. Kelly 1997
See also Czaplewski 1987, Czaplewski 1990, Hibbard 1967, Korth 1995, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Tomida 1987
Sister taxa: Cratogeomys, Geomyinae, Geomys, Microdipodops, Mojavemys, Orthogeomys, Pappogeomys, Phelosaccomys, Pleurolicus, Pliogeomys, Pliosaccomys, Progeomys, Reynoldsomys, Tenudomys, Thomomys, Zygogeomys
Subtaxa: Nerterogeomys anzensis Nerterogeomys garbanii Nerterogeomys minor Nerterogeomys paenebursarius Nerterogeomys persimilis Nerterogeomys smithi
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (10: Arizona, California collections)
• Blancan of Mexico (2), United States (40: Arizona, California, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 52 collections including 64 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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